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Nelepsittacus minimus
Taxonomy
Nelepsittacus minimus was named by Worthy et al. (2011). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.52404, a limb element (Tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is HH2b Home Hills Station (H41/f87), which is in an Altonian lacustrine - large claystone/sandstone in the Bannockburn Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Nelepsittacus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Nelepsittacus minimus Worthy et al. |
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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.
†Nelepsittacus minimus Worthy et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||