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Prionessus
Taxonomy
Prionessus was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). Its type is Prionessus lucifer.
It was assigned to Plagiaulacidae by Matthew and Granger (1925); to Taeniolabididae by Matthew et al. (1929), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001); to Taeniolabidoidea by Mao et al. (2016); and to Lambdopsalidae by Williamson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Plagiaulacidae by Matthew and Granger (1925); to Taeniolabididae by Matthew et al. (1929), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001); to Taeniolabidoidea by Mao et al. (2016); and to Lambdopsalidae by Williamson et al. (2016).
Species
P. lucifer (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Prionessus Matthew and Granger |
| 1929 | Prionessus Matthew et al. |
| 1997 | Prionessus McKenna and Bell |
| 2001 | Prionessus Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418 |
| 2016 | Prionessus Mao et al. |
| 2016 | Prionessus Williamson et al. |
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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.
G. †Prionessus Matthew and Granger 1925
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†Prionessus lucifer Matthew and Granger 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gashatan | China (Nei Mongol) | P. sp. (71076 72203) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Nei Mongol) | P. lucifer (133389) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia | P. sp. (133399) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omngov) | P. lucifer (133008 133403) |