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Santanadactylus spixi
Taxonomy
Santanadactylus spixi was named by Wellnhofer (1985). Its type specimen is BSP 1980 I 121, a set of limb elements (Partial forelimb), 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.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Santanadactylus spixi Wellnhofer p. 141 figs. 25-30, 47 |
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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 spixi Wellnhofer 1985
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Padian 1985 | |||||
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 spixi (type locality: 92290) |