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Lusonectes sauvagei
Taxonomy
Lusonectes sauvagei was named by Smith et al. (2012). Its type specimen is MG33, a partial skull (a partial skull and articulated mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1500 m WNW of Alhadas, near Murtede, which is in a Toarcian marine horizon in the São Gião Formation of Portugal. It is the type species of Lusonectes.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Lusonectes sauvagei Smith et al. p. 258 figs. 1-2 |
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†Lusonectes sauvagei Smith et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. S. Smith et al. 2012 | Lusonectes possesses a single autapomorphy, a broad triangular parasphenoid cultriform process that is as long as the posterior interpterygoid vacuities. The taxon is further diagnosed by the following unique combination of characters: jugal contacts the orbital margin, a distinct parasphenoid–basisphenoid suture exposed between the posterior interpterygoid vacuities, an unkeeled ventral parabasisphenoid with a flat anterior and gently convex posterior region of the ventral surface, lack of an anterior interpterygoid vacuity, and palatal striations on the ventral surface of the pterygoids. The teeth have no ornamentation or striations, but this may be due to abrasion. |
Measurements
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