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Santanadactylus brasilensis
Taxonomy
Santanadactylus brasilensis was named by Buisonjé (1980). Its type specimen is Geol. Institute Univ. Amsterdram 4894, a set of limb elements (Partial humerus, scapula-coraocid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Santanadactylus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Santanadactylus brasilensis Buisonjé p. 149 |
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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.
†Santanadactylus brasilensis Buisonjé 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Santanadactylus brasilensis (type locality: 92290) |