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Priscacara aquilonia
Taxonomy
Priscacara aquilonia was named by Wilson (1977). Its type specimen is ROM 11039 A & B, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Horsefly Mine, locality 8 (ROM collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1977 | Priscacara aquilonia Wilson pp. 48-54 figs. 15-16 |
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†Priscacara aquilonia Wilson 1977
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M.V.H. Wilson 1977 | Eocene Priscacara with body depth to standard length ratio 0.44; head length to standard length ratio 0.38; fine teeth on premaxilla and dentary; preopercular finely serrate at angle; opercular with three or four strong spines; slender pelvic spine; last dorsal spine longer than preceding spine; pelvic origin slightly in advance of dorsal; D X-(XI),11; A 111,9-10; P 12-13; V 1,5; C i,8,7,i; vertebrae 11-12 + 14; scales strongly ctenoid. |