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Petalocupes arcus
Taxonomy
Petalocupes arcus was named by Hong (1982). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sample II8L477, Xiagou, Qingquan Town, Yumen City, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Xiagou Formation of China. It is the type species of Petalocupes.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Petalocupes arcus Hong p. 115 figs. Pl 17, figs 4,5; text-fig 89,90 |
| 2016 | Petalocupes arcus Kirejtshuk et al. p. 150 |
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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.
†Petalocupes arcus Hong 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | China (Gansu) | Petalocupes arcus (type locality: 155013) |