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Crusafontia amoae
Taxonomy
Crusafontia amoae was named by Cuenca-Bescos et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MPZ CC2−1, a tooth (upper left molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cuesta Corrales 2, Galve, which is in a Barremian lacustrine claystone in the El Castellar Formation of Spain.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Crusafontia amoae Cuenca-Bescos et al. pp. 260-262 fig. 3 |
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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.
†Crusafontia amoae Cuenca-Bescos et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Cuenca-Bescos et al. 2011 | Large−sized species of Crusafontia with upper molars characterized by theirmesio−labially enlarged parasyle with a large mesial wear facet that runs from the tip of the stylocone to the base of the parastyle, the ample ectoflexus on their labial border, their continuous metacrista with a deep notch, and the pointed mesio−lingual slope of the paracone |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | Spain (Aragón) | Crusafontia amoae (89871) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Crusafontia amoae (type locality: 61409) |