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Taphrosphys ippolitoi
Taxonomy
Taphrosphys ippolitoi was named by Gaffney et al. (2006). Its type specimen is AMNH 30042, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, which is in a Danian marine phosphorite in the Couche 2 Formation of Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Taphrosphys ippolitoi Gaffney et al. p. 99 |
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†Taphrosphys ippolitoi Gaffney et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | A bothremydid pleurodire of the genus Taphrosphys with these unique characters: premaxilla labial ridge deep not shallow; prefrontal thin and short; distinguished from the other two species as follows: from T. sulcatus: rostrum basisphenoidale a long and prominent, laterally compressed rod; sella turcica deep and narrow; dorsum sellae high; processus clinoideus high and large; processus inferior parietalis closer to midline than in T. sulcatus; from T. ippolitoi: snout not expanded; quadrate shelf not expanded laterally; sulcus eustachii opens ventrally rather than posteroventrally; fossa precolumellaris absent; sulcus eustachii without lateral process; premaxilla narrow; fenestra postotica not subdivided; tuberculum basioccipitale smaller; lateral surface of maxilla convex rather than concave; cavum tympani shallow rather than deep. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005 | |||||