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Mesturus verrucosus
Taxonomy
Mesturus verrucosus was named by Wagner (1862). Its type specimen is BSPG AS V 508, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Mesturus.
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2019-04-18; modified by B. Allen on 2025-04-01
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1862 | Mesturus verrucosus Wagner |
| 1999 | Mesturus verrucosus Nursall p. 156–157 |
| 2002 | Mesturus verrucosus Poyato-Ariza and Wenz |
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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.
†Mesturus verrucosus Wagner 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available