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Mesturus verrucosus
Taxonomy
Mesturus verrucosus was named by Wagner (1862). Its type specimen is BSPG AS V 508, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Mesturus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Mesturus verrucosus Wagner |
| 1999 | Mesturus verrucosus Nursall p. 156–157 |
| 2002 | Mesturus verrucosus Poyato-Ariza and Wenz |
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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.
†Mesturus verrucosus Wagner 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Mesturus verrucosus (type locality: 123985) |