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Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis
Taxonomy
Saurichthys toxolepis was named by Mutter et al. (2008). Its type specimen is CMN 12288, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ganoid Ridge at Wapiti Lake (CMN), which is in a Griesbachian/Spathian marine siltstone in the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys).
It was recombined as Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis by Tintori (2013).
It was recombined as Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis by Tintori (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Saurichthys toxolepis Mutter et al. p. 106 figs. 1-9 |
| 2013 | Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis 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) toxolepis Mutter et al. 2008
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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 Spathian or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Griesbachian - Spathian | Canada (British Columbia) | Saurichthys toxolepis (type locality: 148841 148842 148843) |