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Myledaphus pustulosus
Taxonomy
Myledaphus pustulosus was named by Cook et al. (2014). Its type specimen is UCMP 197869, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Celeste's Magnificent Microsite, which is in a Lancian crevasse splay sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Myledaphus pustulosus Cook et al. p. 238 |
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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.
†Myledaphus pustulosus Cook et al. 2014
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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 Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | Myledaphus sp. (137706 137728) | |
| Lancian | USA (Montana) | Myledaphus bipartitus (14515 14534 14535 14549 14574 14582 14615 14653 14654) Myledaphus pustulosus (144500 type locality: 144502) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Myledaphus pustulosus (224484) |