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Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes
Taxonomy
Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes was named by Olson (1985). Its type specimen is L14564, a limb element (left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Langebaanweg, QSM, which is in a Zanclean fluvial sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes Olson p. 139 figs. Fig. 7 |
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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.
†Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes Olson 1985
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. L. Olson 1985 | Differs from living species in lacking the distally projecting protuberance on the caudal surface of the head of the humerus; ventral tubercle in ventral view shorter and deeper. Coracoid with head projecting more ventrally and less medially than in living species. |
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||