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Prognathodon compressidens
Taxonomy
Liodon compressidens was named by Gaudry (1892). Its type specimen is MNHN-Z-C-1878-5, a partial skull (Lower and upper toothed jaws (including premaxilla, the right maxilla and both dentaries)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Michery (vertebrate locality), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in France.
It was recombined as Prognathodon compressidens by Schulp et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Prognathodon compressidens by Schulp et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1892 | Liodon compressidens Gaudry p. 5 figs. 8A-B |
| 1967 | Liodon compressidens Russell p. 122 |
| 2008 | Prognathodon compressidens Schulp et al. p. 10 |
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†Prognathodon compressidens Gaudry 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available