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Ammopylocheles mclaughlinae
Taxonomy
Ammopylocheles mclaughlinae was named by van Bakel et al. (2008). Its type specimen is MAB k.2454, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry Am Saufang near Geisingen, which is in a Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Untere Felsenkalke Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Ammopylocheles.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Ammopylocheles mclaughlinae van Bakel et al. p. 147 figs. 2G-J, 5D, 6F, 7, 8 |
| 2010 | Ammopylocheles mclaughlini Schweitzer et al. p. 53 |
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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.
†Ammopylocheles mclaughlinae van Bakel et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany | Ammopylocheles mclaughlinae (type locality: 126153 211294 228046 228047) |