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Propleura borealis
Taxonomy
Propleura borealis was named by Wieland (1904). Its type specimen is YPM 778, a partial shell (the nuchal and the first and the second neural; the second, third, fifth, sixth, and seventh right peripherals; the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth left ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cream Ridge Marl Company pit (Hornerstown Fm.), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.
It was recombined as Osteopygis borealis by Hay (1908), Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Osteopygis emarginatus by Parham (2005).
It was recombined as Osteopygis borealis by Hay (1908), Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Osteopygis emarginatus by Parham (2005).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Propleura borealis Wieland 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Propleura borealis (type locality: 87903) |