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Luzocephalus johanssoni
Taxonomy
Lyrocephalus johanssoni was named by Säve-Söderbergh (1935). Its type specimen is MGUH VP At.28, a partial skull (Anterior half of a partially preserved skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stosch, Stensiö Plateau, Ridge IX, which is in an Induan coastal horizon in the Wordy Creek Formation of Greenland.
It was recombined as Luzocephalus johanssoni by Schoch and Milner (2000).
It was recombined as Luzocephalus johanssoni by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Lyrocephalus johanssoni Säve-Söderbergh p. 164 figs. Pl. 9, 10, text-fig. 63 |
| 1935 | Lyrocephalus rapax Säve-Söderbergh p. 170 |
| 2000 | Luzocephalus johanssoni Schoch and Milner p. 79 |
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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.
†Luzocephalus johanssoni Säve-Söderbergh 1935
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Invalid names: Lyrocephalus rapax Säve-Söderbergh 1935 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||