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Iquius nipponicus
Taxonomy
Iquius nipponicus was named by Jordan (1919). Its type specimen is CAS 441, a partial skeleton (anterior skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hachiman, Iki Island, which is in a Miocene lacustrine diatomite in the Chojabaru Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Iquius.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1919 | Iquius nipponicus Jordan p. 271 figs. plate 20 |
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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.
†Iquius nipponicus Jordan 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Japan (Nagasaki) | Iquius nipponicus (type locality: 201879) |