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Palaeosauropus primaevus
Taxonomy
Sauropus primaevus was named by Lea (1849). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is South of Pottsville, which is in a Mississippian terrestrial sandstone in the Mauch Chunk Formation of Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Palaeosauropus.
It was recombined as Palaeosauropus primaevus by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Haubold (1971).
It was recombined as Palaeosauropus primaevus by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Haubold (1971).
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.
†Palaeosauropus primaevus Lea 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Mississippian or 358.86000 to 323.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Mississippian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Paleosauropus primaevus (type locality: 197984) |