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Chlororhysis knightensis
Taxonomy
Chlororhysis knightensis was named by Gazin (1958). Its type specimen is U.S.N.M. No. 21901, a mandible (left ramus of mandible with C-P4, inclusive), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Barge, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial mudstone in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Chlororhysis.
It was recombined as Loveina knightensis by Krishtalka and Schwartz (1978).
It was recombined as Loveina knightensis by Krishtalka and Schwartz (1978).
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1958 | Chlororhysis knightensis Gazin p. 27 |
| 1978 | Loveina knightensis Krishtalka and Schwartz |
| 1979 | Chlororhysis knightensis Bown |
| 1984 | Chlororhysis knightensis Bown and Rose |
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†Chlororhysis knightensis Gazin 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available