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Microstega copei
Taxonomy
Protostega copei was named by Wieland (1909). Its type specimen is YPM 1787 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hackberry Creek Valley, which is in a Santonian offshore horizon in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
It was recombined as Archelon copei by Zangerl (1953); it was recombined as Microstega copei by Hooks (1998).
It was recombined as Archelon copei by Zangerl (1953); it was recombined as Microstega copei by Hooks (1998).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Microstega copei Wieland 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||