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Chasmoclupea aegyptica
Taxonomy
Chasmoclupea aegyptica was named by Murray et al. (2005). Its type specimen is DPC 6202, a partial skeleton (head and anterior part of body), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry O, which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Chasmoclupea.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2005 | Chasmoclupea aegyptica Murray et al. p. 301 |
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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.
†Chasmoclupea aegyptica Murray et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |