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Deltacephalus whitei
Taxonomy
Deltacephalus whitei was named by Swinton (1956). Its type specimen is BMNH R.6695, a skull (Mould of a small skull), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Ambarakaraka, which is in an Induan/Smithian deltaic siliciclastic in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Deltacephalus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1956 | Deltacephalus whitei Swinton |
1996 | Deltacephalus whitei Hewison p. 307 |
2000 | Deltacephalus whitei Schoch and Milner p. 77 |
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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.
†Deltacephalus whitei Swinton 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004 |
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Induan - Smithian | Madagascar (Diana) | Deltacephalus whitei (type locality: 144038) |