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Phosphotriton sigei
Taxonomy
Phosphotriton sigei was named by Tissier et al. (2016). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.QU17755, a skeleton ("mummified" skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France. It is the type species of Phosphotriton.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Phosphotriton sigei Tissier et al. p. 150 |
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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.
†Phosphotriton sigei Tissier et al. 2016
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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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Phosphotriton sigei (type locality: 179194) |