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Schizodelphis morckhoviensis
Taxonomy
Priscodelphinus morckhoviensis was named by Du Bus (1872). Its type specimen is USNM 187621 (occipital condyles) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anvers, Berchem Fm., Antwerp Sands, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Berchem Formation of Belgium.
It was synonymized subjectively with Eurhinodelphis longirostris by Abel (1902) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Schizodelphis morckhoviensis by Lambert (2004), Benoit et al. (2011) and Godfrey and Lambert (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Eurhinodelphis longirostris by Abel (1902) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Schizodelphis morckhoviensis by Lambert (2004), Benoit et al. (2011) and Godfrey and Lambert (2023).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1872 | Priscodelphinus morckhoviensis Du Bus p. 495 |
1874 | Priscodelphinus morckhoviensis Vanden Broeck p. 146 |
1880 | Priscodelphinus morckhoviensis Van Beneden and Gervais p. 495 |
2004 | Schizodelphis morckhoviensis Lambert p. 159 |
2011 | Schizodelphis morckhoviensis Benoit et al. p. 324 |
2023 | Schizodelphis morckhoviensis Godfrey and Lambert p. 101 |
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†Schizodelphis morckhoviensis Du Bus 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available