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Pseudohypolophus ellipsis
Taxonomy
Pseudohypolophus ellipsis was named by Case et al. (2001). Its type specimen is CSUK97-2-13, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Entrance to Fort Benning, Interstate Highway 185, which is in a Santonian/Santonian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Eutaw Formation of Georgia.
It was recombined as Brachyrhizodus ellipsis by Cicimurri et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Brachyrhizodus ellipsis by Cicimurri et al. (2014).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Pseudohypolophus ellipsis Case et al. p. 92 figs. Pl 2, figs 37-42 |
| 2011 | Pseudohypolophus ellipsis Bourdon et al. p. 43 figs. 25D,E, 26A-N |
| 2014 | Brachyrhizodus ellipsis Cicimurri et al. p. 27 figs. 18, 19 |
| 2019 | Pseudohypolophus ellipsis Case et al. p. 75 fig. 3A |
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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.
†Pseudohypolophus ellipsis Case et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian | USA (New Mexico) | Pseudohypolophus ellipsis (52037) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian | USA (Georgia) | Pseudohypolophus ellipsis (type locality: 61769) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Mississippi) | Brachyrhizodus ellipsis (275613) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Pseudohypolophus ellipsis (176940) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Pseudohypolophus ellipsis (128412) |