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Cephalopholis aotearoa
Taxonomy
Cephalopholis aotearoa was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is CD763, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waihao River, south branch, which is in a Mangaorapan/Heretaungan marine carbonate in New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Cephalopholis aotearoa Schwarzhans p. 77 |
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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.
†Cephalopholis aotearoa Schwarzhans 2019
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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 | |||||
Age range: base of the Mangaorapan to the top of the Bortonian or 52.00000 to 39.10000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Mangaorapan | New Zealand (South Island) | Cephalopholis aotearoa (219499) | |
| Mangaorapan - Heretaungan | New Zealand (South Island) | Cephalopholis aotearoa (219500 type locality: 219501) | |
| Heretaungan | New Zealand (South Island) | Cephalopholis aotearoa (219498) | |
| Bortonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Cephalopholis aotearoa (219504) |