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Hypsognathus fenneri
Taxonomy
Hypsognathus fenneri was named by Gilmore (1928). Its type specimen is USNM 11643, a partial skeleton (lower jaw and much of the axial skeleton anterior to the pelvic region), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Broad Street, Clifton, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial sandstone in the Passaic Formation of New Jersey. It is the type species of Hypsognathus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Hypsognathus fenneri Gilmore p. 7 figs. 1-3; Pls. 1-3 |
| 1930 | Hypsognathus fenneri Hay p. 45 |
| 1946 | Hypsognathus fenneri Colbert pp. 237, 259 figs. 3, 9-15, Pl. 27-33 |
| 2000 | Hypsognathus fenneri Sues et al. p. 277 figs. 2, 3 |
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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.
†Hypsognathus fenneri Gilmore 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Norian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Hypsognathus sp. (89142) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | USA (New Jersey) | Hypsognathus fenneri (type locality: 80143 89137 92107) | |
| Rhaetian | USA (Connecticut) | Hypsognathus fenneri (89140) |