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Pygurus africanus
Taxonomy
Pygurus africanus was named by de Loriol (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombe-Grande (couches à Pholadomya pleuromyaeformis), which is in an Aptian marine sandstone in Angola.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Pygurus africanus de Loriol p. 102 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-3 |
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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.
†Pygurus africanus de Loriol 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Angola | Pygurus africanus (type locality: 210857) |