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Leptotarbus torpedo
Taxonomy
Geraphrynus torpedo was named by Pocock (1911). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 31242 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Coseley, near Dudley (Egginton coll), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay shale in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Leptotarbus.
It was recombined as Leptotarbus torpedo by Petrunkevitch (1945), Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Leptotarbus torpedo by Petrunkevitch (1945), Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Geraphrynus torpedo Pocock p. 54 figs. Pl 3, fig 1; text-figs 26,27 |
| 1945 | Leptotarbus torpedo Petrunkevitch p. 23 |
| 1949 | Leptotarbus torpedo Petrunkevitch p. 166 |
| 1953 | Leptotarbus torpedo Petrunkevitch p. 55 figs. 54, 55, 57, 138 |
| 2013 | Leptotarbus torpedo Dunlop et al. p. 47 |
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†Leptotarbus torpedo Pocock 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Westphalian B or 316.90000 to 314.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian B | United Kingdom (Staffordshire) | Geraphrynus torpedo (type locality: 34907) |