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Lepidotus occidentalis
Taxonomy
Lepidotus occidentalis was named by Leidy (1856). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Judith River badlands (USGS), which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Judith River Formation of Montana.
It was recombined as Lepisosteus occidentalis by Cope (1877), Hay (1902), Estes (1964), Estes (1976) and Bryant (1989); it was recombined as Clastes occidentalis by Cope (1877); it was recombined as Atractosteus occidentalis by Wiley (1976) and Peng et al. (2001).
It was recombined as Lepisosteus occidentalis by Cope (1877), Hay (1902), Estes (1964), Estes (1976) and Bryant (1989); it was recombined as Clastes occidentalis by Cope (1877); it was recombined as Atractosteus occidentalis by Wiley (1976) and Peng et al. (2001).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1856 | Lepidotus haydeni Leidy p. 73 |
| 1856 | Lepidotus occidentalis Leidy p. 73 |
| 1857 | Lepidotus haydeni Leidy p. 90 |
| 1857 | Lepidotus occidentalis Leidy p. 90 |
| 1860 | Lepidotus occidentalis Leidy p. 149 |
| 1877 | Clastes occidentalis Cope |
| 1877 | Lepisosteus occidentalis Cope |
| 1897 | Lepidotus occidentalis Marsh p. 527 |
| 1902 | Lepisosteus occidentalis Hay p. 377 |
| 1902 | Lepidotus occidentalis Lambe p. 29 |
| 1964 | Lepisosteus occidentalis Estes p. 43 |
| 1976 | Lepisosteus occidentalis Estes p. 502 |
| 1976 | Atractosteus occidentalis Wiley p. 66 |
| 1989 | Lepisosteus occidentalis Bryant pp. 22-23 |
| 2001 | Atractosteus occidentalis Peng et al. p. 14 |
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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.
†Lepidotus occidentalis Leidy 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Lepidotus occidentalis (133004) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Lepidotus occidentalis (type locality: 69213) |