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Brachyzostrodon maior
Taxonomy
Brachyzostrodon maior was named by Hahn et al. (1991). Its type specimen is RAS 1020W, a tooth (right lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, which is in a Rhaetian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Grès à Avicula contorta Formation of France.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Brachyzostrodon maior Hahn et al. p. 239 figs. 2; Pl. 1:3 |
| 2004 | Brachyzostrodon maior Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 179 |
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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.
†Brachyzostrodon maior Hahn et al. 1991
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Hahn et al. 1991 | Tooth relatively slender. Main cusp a much longer antero-posteriorly than cusps band c. Accessory cusp g relatively smaller. Length of tooth 2,7 mm. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003 | |||||