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Grypocoleus fornicatus
Taxonomy
Grypocoleus fornicatus was named by Hong (1982). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sample II8P9L4, Xiagou, Qingquan Town, Yumen City, which is in an Albian/Albian lacustrine mudstone in the Zhonggou Formation of China. It is the type species of Grypocoleus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Grypocoleus fornicatus Hong p. 148 figs. Pl 24, fig 2; text-fig 125 |
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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.
†Grypocoleus fornicatus 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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 113.20000 to 106.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian | China (Gansu) | Grypocoleus fornicatus (type locality: 155037) |