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Eotaphrosphys ambiguum
Taxonomy
Tretosternum ambiguum was named by Gaudry (1890). Its type specimen is MNHN-MTA1, a partial shell (plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Eotaphrosphys.
It was recombined as Taphrosphys ambiguum by Broin (1977); it was considered a nomen dubium by Gaffney et al. (2006); it was recombined as Eotaphrosphys ambiguum by Pérez-García (2018).
It was recombined as Taphrosphys ambiguum by Broin (1977); it was considered a nomen dubium by Gaffney et al. (2006); it was recombined as Eotaphrosphys ambiguum by Pérez-García (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Tretosternum ambiguum Gaudry |
| 1977 | Taphrosphys ambiguum Broin p. 110 |
| 2018 | Eotaphrosphys ambiguum Pérez-García |
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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.
†Eotaphrosphys ambiguum Gaudry 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | France | Taphrosphys ambiguus (195628) |