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Petrochirus taylori
Taxonomy
Petrochirus taylori was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is About 3 mi SW of Farmersville, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/marl in the Wolfe City Formation of Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Petrochirus taylori Rathbun p. 40 figs. Plate 3, Figs. 1-3 |
| 2010 | Petrochirus taylori Schweitzer et al. p. 55 |
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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.
†Petrochirus taylori Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Petrochirus taylori (type locality: 140922) |