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Montcellia longidentata
Taxonomy
Sauropleura longidentata was named by Moodie (1909). Its type specimen is AMNH 8619 G, a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Montceau-les-Mines, Saone et Loire, which is in a Stephanian B/Stephanian C terrestrial horizon in France. It is the type species of Montcellia.
It was recombined as Montcellia longidentata by Dutuit and Heyler (1994); it was synonymized objectively with Colosteus crassiscutatus by Clack and Milner (2015).
It was recombined as Montcellia longidentata by Dutuit and Heyler (1994); it was synonymized objectively with Colosteus crassiscutatus by Clack and Milner (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1909 | Sauropleura longidentata Moodie p. 74 figs. 18-19 |
| 1994 | Montcellia longidentata Dutuit and Heyler |
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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.
†Montcellia longidentata Moodie 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Stephanian B to the top of the Stephanian C or 301.50000 to 300.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Stephanian B - Stephanian C | France (Bourgogne) | Sauropleura longidentata (176090) |