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Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi
Taxonomy
Belonorhynchus dayi was named by Raymond (1925). Its type specimen is MCZ 1654, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Railway cutting west of Massive (MCZ coll), which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Spray River Formation of Canada.
It was recombined as Saurichthys dayi by Mutter et al. (2008), Kogan (2011); it was recombined as Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi by Tintori (2013).
It was recombined as Saurichthys dayi by Mutter et al. (2008), Kogan (2011); it was recombined as Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi by Tintori (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Belonorhynchus dayi Raymond p. 551 fig. 1 |
| 2008 | Saurichthys dayi Mutter et al. p. 112 figs. 10-12 |
| 2011 | Saurichthys dayi Kogan p. 94 figs. 2-5 |
| 2013 | Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi Tintori p. 291 |
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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.
†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi Raymond 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Devyatov et al. 2005 | |||||
Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Smithian or 251.90200 to 248.10000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Griesbachian | Greenland | Saurichthys dayi (122049 122050) | |
| Griesbachian - Spathian | Canada (British Columbia) | Saurichthys dayi (148841 148842 148843) | |
| Smithian | Canada (Alberta) | Belonorhynchus dayi (type locality: 122046) |