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Cryptophilus britannicus
Taxonomy
Telmatophilus britannicus was named by Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin (2019). Its type specimen is NHMUK I.10264, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Cryptophilus britannicus by Lyubarsky and Perkovsky (2020), Lyubarsky et al. (2024).
It was recombined as Cryptophilus britannicus by Lyubarsky and Perkovsky (2020), Lyubarsky et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Telmatophilus britannicus Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin p. 471 figs. 36a, 37 |
| 2020 | Cryptophilus britannicus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky p. 31 |
| 2024 | Cryptophilus britannicus Lyubarsky et al. p. 122 |
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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.
†Cryptophilus britannicus Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Telmatophilus britannicus (type locality: 123959) |