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Homorophus insuetus
Taxonomy
Homorophus insuetus was named by Cope (1869). Its type specimen is LOST, a partial shell (Cope does not state what parts of the shell he had, but he describes some neural bones, the entoplastron, the hyoplastron, the hypoplastron, and some costals. H), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey. It is the type species of Homorophus.
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.
†Homorophus insuetus Cope 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Estes et al. 1969 | |||||
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) | Homorophus insuetus (type locality: 87902) |