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Picopsidae
Taxonomy
Picopsidae was named by Fox (1980). It is not extant. Its type is Picopsis.
It was assigned to Trituberculata by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Boreosphenida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Trituberculata by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Boreosphenida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Falepetrus, Picopsis (type genus)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Benson on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Picopsidae Fox |
| 1997 | Picopsidae McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Picopsidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 422 |
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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.
Fm. †Picopsidae Fox 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | Picopsis sp. (14427 14428) Picopsis sp., Picopsis pattersoni (14425) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Utah) | Picopsis sp. B, Picopsis sp., Picopsis sp. (14421) | |
| Judithian | USA (Wyoming) | Falepetrus barwini (14433) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Falepetrus barwini (14470) |