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Banksiops townrowi
Taxonomy
Blinasaurus townrowi was named by Cosgriff (1974). Its type specimen is UTGD 87785, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Old Beach, Derwent River, which is in an Induan channel conglomerate in the Knocklofty Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Banksiops.
It was recombined as Banksia townrowi by Warren and Marsicano (1998); it was recombined as Banksiops townrowi by Warren and Marsicano (2000), Warren and Marsicano (2000) and Poropat et al. (2023).
It was recombined as Banksia townrowi by Warren and Marsicano (1998); it was recombined as Banksiops townrowi by Warren and Marsicano (2000), Warren and Marsicano (2000) and Poropat et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1974 | Blinasaurus townrowi Cosgriff |
| 1998 | Banksia townrowi Warren and Marsicano p. 338 |
| 2000 | Banksiops townrowi Warren and Marsicano p. 186 |
| 2023 | Banksiops townrowi Poropat et al. p. 145 |
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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.
†Banksiops townrowi Cosgriff 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 | |||||