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Taxonomy
Cuneopsis giganteus was named by Mongin (1963) ["L'holotype (no 1, TRPG) sera déposé dans les collections du C. E. A. (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique), groupement Afrique-Madagascar."]. Its type specimen is TRPG no. 1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 12 km east of In Abangarit, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial conglomerate/claystone in the Irhazer Shales Formation of Niger.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Cuneopsis giganteus Mongin |
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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.
†Cuneopsis giganteus Mongin 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Albian or 143.10000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian | Niger (Agadès) | Cuneopsis giganteus (type locality: 223707) | |
| Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Cuneopsis giganteus (28569) |