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Sphenodiscus aberrans
Taxonomy
Sphenodiscus aberrans was named by Böse (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo Caballeo [Escondido beds], which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/shale in the Escondido Formation of Mexico.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Sphenodiscus aberrans Böse pp. 301-302 figs. pl. 16, figs. 1-3 |
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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.
†Sphenodiscus aberrans Böse 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) | Sphenodiscus aberrans (type locality: 88246) |