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Copepteryx hexeris

Reptilia - Suliformes - Plotopteridae

Taxonomy
Copepteryx hexeris was named by Olson and Hasegawa (1996). Its type specimen is KMNH VP 200,006, a partial skeleton (partial articulated skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ainoshima Island, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Ainoshima Formation of Japan.