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Lycaenops ornatus
Taxonomy
Lycaenops ornatus was named by Broom (1925). Its type specimen is AMNH 2240, a skeleton (A compressed skull with lower jaw and most of the postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Biesjiespoort, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Lycaenops.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Lycaenops ornatus Broom |
| 1989 | Lycaenops ornatus Sigogneau-Russell |
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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.
†Lycaenops ornatus Broom 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Lycaenops ornatus (86284 178865) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Lycaenops ornatus (type locality: 174666 178523) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Graaff-Reinet) | Lycaenops ornatus (171378) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Lycaenops ornatus (86258) |