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Taphrosphyina
Taxonomy
Taphrosphyina was named by Gaffney et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Taphrosphyini by Gaffney et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Taphrosphyini by Gaffney et al. (2006).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Taphrosphyina Gaffney et al. p. 90 |
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Subtr. †Taphrosphyina Gaffney et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | Members of the tribe Taphrosphyini with the following characters contrasting with Nigeremydina: labial ridge thinner; septum orbitotemporale at least partially open; condylus mandibularis anterior to condylus occipitalis; fossa pterygoidea absent or small (except in CNRST SUNY 199); basisphenoid ventral outline triangular or pentagonal, not V-shaped. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Ypresian or 72.20000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastrichtian | France | Taphrosphys ambiguus (195628) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Mali | T. undescribed species (115411) | |
| Ypresian | Peru (Piura) | Taphrosphys olssoni (128430) |