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Hensodon spinosus
Taxonomy
Mesodon spinosum was named by Hennig (1907). Its type specimen is MfN MB.F.7232 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Haqel (MfN collection), which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in Lebanon. It is the type species of Hensodon.
It was recombined as Hensodon spinosus by Kriwet (2004), Capasso et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Hensodon spinosus by Kriwet (2004), Capasso et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Mesodon spinosum Hennig p. 364 fig. 3 |
| 2004 | Hensodon spinosus Kriwet p. 526 figs. 1-3, 5-9 |
| 2010 | Hensodon spinosus Capasso et al. p. 149 figs. 4-21 |
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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.
†Hensodon spinosus Hennig 1907
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | Hensodon spinosus (221162) Mesodon spinosum (117999) |