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Saurichthys macrocephalus
Taxonomy
Belonorhynchus macrocephalus was named by Deecke (1889). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Quarry between Varenna and Regoledo, Perledo (SMF collection), which is in a Longobardian marine limestone in the Perledo-Varenna Formation of Italy.
It was synonymized subjectively with Belonorhynchus robustus by de Alessandri (1910); it was recombined as Saurichthys macrocephalus by Rieppel (1985) and López-Arbarello et al. (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Belonorhynchus robustus by de Alessandri (1910); it was recombined as Saurichthys macrocephalus by Rieppel (1985) and López-Arbarello et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1886 | Belonorhynchus robustus Bassani p. 33 |
| 1889 | Belonorhynchus macrocephalus Deecke p. 127 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2 |
| 1910 | Belonorhynchus robustus de Alessandri p. 554 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2 |
| 1916 | Belonorhynchus robustus Andersson p. 17 |
| 1985 | Saurichthys macrocephalus Rieppel p. 41 figs. 29-37 |
| 2014 | Saurichthys macrocephalus López-Arbarello et al. |
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†Saurichthys macrocephalus Deecke 1889
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Invalid names: Belonorhynchus robustus Bassani 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available