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Microcorax crassus
Taxonomy
Microcorax crassus was named by Cappetta and Case (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amon Carter Airfield (ACA), which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Lewisville Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Microcorax.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Microcorax crassus Cappetta and Case p. 304 fig. 2 |
| 1999 | Microcorax crassus Cappetta and Case p. 12 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-6 |
| 2006 | Microcorax crassus Shimada et al. p. 8 fig. 8.1 |
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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.
†Microcorax crassus Cappetta and Case 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Microcorax crassus (type locality: 213298) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Microcorax crassus (35429) |