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Opistopteryx curtus
Taxonomy
Opistopteryx curtus was named by Davis (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Opistopteryx curtus Davis p. 569 figs. Pl 32, fig 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.
†Opistopteryx curtus Davis 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Lebanon | Opistopteryx curtus (type locality: 170327) |