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Machaeroprosopus validus
Taxonomy
Machaeroprosopus validus was named by Mehl (1916). Its type specimen is UW 3807 (holotype lost), a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 miles east of Tanners Crossing, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1916 | Machaeroprosopus validus Mehl p. 5 figs. 1-5 |
1930 | Machaeroprosopus validus Hay p. 144 |
2013 | Machaeroprosopus validus Parker et al. |
2013 | Machaeroprosopus validus Stocker and Butler |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Machaeroprosopus validus Mehl 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983 |