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Priscosturion longipinnis
Taxonomy
Psammorhynchus longipinnis was named by Grande and Hilton (2006). Its type specimen is MOR 1184, a skeleton (well-preserved nearly complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MOR JR-168, Fanny Hill, which is in a Campanian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Judith River Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Psammorhynchus, Priscosturion.
It was recombined as Priscosturion longipinnis by Grande and Hilton (2009).
It was recombined as Priscosturion longipinnis by Grande and Hilton (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Psammorhynchus longipinnis Grande and Hilton p. 5 figs. 1-29 |
| 2009 | Priscosturion longipinnis Grande and Hilton |
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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.
†Priscosturion longipinnis Grande and Hilton 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian | USA (Montana) | Psammorhynchus longipinnis (type locality: 69281) |