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Potamotelses
Taxonomy
Potamotelses was named by Fox (1972). It is not extant. Its type is Potamotelses aquilensis.
It was assigned to Tribosphenida by Cifelli (1993); to Potamotelsidae by Fox (1972), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Boreosphenida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Tribosphenida by Cifelli (1993); to Potamotelsidae by Fox (1972), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Boreosphenida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Species
P. aquilensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Potamotelses Fox |
| 1993 | Potamotelses Cifelli p. 9415 |
| 1997 | Potamotelses McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Potamotelses Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 423-424 fig. 11.6E |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Luo et al. 2003 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | P. aquilensis (14425) |