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Lefortia trojana
Taxonomy
Lefortia trojana was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108376 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17259, Troy, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Mississippi.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Lefortia trojana Cooke p. 17 figs. Pl 3, figs 8-10 |
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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.
†Lefortia trojana Cooke 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower 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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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | Lefortia trojana (type locality: 78125) |