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Rossicurus lepidus
Taxonomy
Hystricurus lepidus was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26180-82 (AMNH).]. Its type specimen is 26183 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Rossicurus.
It was recombined as Rossicurus lepidus by Adrain et al. (2003).
It was recombined as Rossicurus lepidus by Adrain et al. (2003).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Hystricurus lepidus Hintze p. 166 figs. Pl. 7, figs. 12a, b, c |
| 2003 | Rossicurus lepidus Adrain et al. p. 573 |
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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.
†Rossicurus lepidus Hintze 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Skullrockian | USA (Utah) | Hystricurus lepidus (104176) Rossicurus lepidus (106393) |