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Amblypterus decorus
Taxonomy
Palaeoniscus decorus was named by Egerton (1850). Its type specimen is BMNH P.607, P.3420, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Commentry (BMNH coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic mudstone in the Commentry Shales Formation of France. It is the type species of Paramblypterus.
It was recombined as Amblypterus decorus by Woodward (1891); it was recombined as Paramblypterus decorus by Blot (1966).
It was recombined as Amblypterus decorus by Woodward (1891); it was recombined as Paramblypterus decorus by Blot (1966).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Palaeoniscus decorus Egerton |
| 1891 | Amblypterus decorus Woodward p. 444 |
| 1966 | Paramblypterus decorus Blot |
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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.
†Amblypterus decorus Egerton 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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