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Pucapristis branisi
Taxonomy
Pucapristis branisi was named by Schaeffer (1963). Its type specimen is AMNH 8678, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Torotoro bone bed (Russo collection), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the El Molino Formation of Bolivia. It is the type species of Pucapristis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Pucapristis branisi Schaeffer p. 5 figs. 1-4 |
| 1975 | Pucapristis branisi Cappetta p. 7 fig. 1 |
| 1987 | Pucapristis branisi Cappetta p. 154 |
| 2004 | Pucapristis branisi Suárez and Cappetta |
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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.
†Pucapristis branisi Schaeffer 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available