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Paralonectes merriami
Taxonomy
Paralonectes merriami was named by Nicholls and Brinkman (1993). Its type specimen is TMP 89.127.1, a partial skeleton (Skull, mandible, scattered vertebrae and ribs, isolated appendicular elements (ischium, propodial)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wapiti Lake, Locality D, which is in a Smithian marine siltstone/limestone in the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Paralonectes.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Paralonectes merriami Nicholls and Brinkman p. 264 figs. 2-4 |
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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.
†Paralonectes merriami Nicholls and Brinkman 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||