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Cratosmylus magnificus
Taxonomy
Cratosmylus magnificus was named by Myskowiak et al. (2015). Its type specimen is WDC-CCFB-8, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (WDC collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Cratosmylus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Cratosmylus magnificus Myskowiak et al. p. 28 figs. 1-8 |
| 2019 | Cratosmylus magnificus Winterton et al. p. 86 |
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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.
†Cratosmylus magnificus Myskowiak et al. 2015
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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 | Brazil (Ceará) | Cratosmylus magnificus (type locality: 122918) |