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Bishops
Taxonomy
Bishops was named by Rich et al. (2001). Its type is Bishops whitmorei. It is the type genus of Bishopidae.
It was assigned to Ausktribosphenidae by Rich et al. (2001), Rich (2002), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Australosphenida by Martin and Rauhut (2005); and to Bishopidae by Flannery et al. (2022), Poropat et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Ausktribosphenidae by Rich et al. (2001), Rich (2002), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Australosphenida by Martin and Rauhut (2005); and to Bishopidae by Flannery et al. (2022), Poropat et al. (2023).
Species
B. whitmorei (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Bishops Rich et al. pp. 1-10 figs. 1-4 |
| 2002 | Bishops Rich p. 14 |
| 2004 | Bishops Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 206-207 fig. 6.2 |
| 2005 | Bishops Martin and Rauhut |
| 2022 | Bishops Flannery et al. p. 7 |
| 2023 | Bishops Poropat et al. p. 171 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. H. Rich et al. 2001 | Distinguished from Ausktribosphenos by the M2 being markedly larger than the M1 in length and width rather than being subequal or noticeably smaller; lower molars niticeably more exaenodont (base of the crown significantly lower on labial than lingual side of tooth), and a less extensive precingulid; internal mandibular groove that cannot be differentiated into Meckelian and surangular grooves and is shallower and less extensive than those structures; mandibular foramen closer to the ventral margin of the mandible; and abscence of facets for the coronoid and surangular bones. |
Measurements
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| References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 125.77000 to 110.10000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Barremian | Australia (Victoria) | B. whitmorei (51961) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | Australia (Victoria) | B. sp. (118946) |