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Ptycholepis marshii
Taxonomy
Ptycholepis marshi was named by Newberry (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Durham fish locality (main), Totoket Mountain, which is in a Hettangian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Shuttle Meadow Formation of Connecticut.
It was corrected as Ptycholepis marshii by Hay (1902) and Schaeffer et al. (1975).
It was corrected as Ptycholepis marshii by Hay (1902) and Schaeffer et al. (1975).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1878 | Ptycholepis marshi Newberry |
| 1902 | Ptycholepis marshii Hay p. 378 |
| 1975 | Ptycholepis marshii Schaeffer et al. p. 207 |
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†Ptycholepis marshii Newberry 1878
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Schaeffer et al. 1975 | Differs from other species of Ptycholepis in having combined maximum width of parietals nearly equal to length and in having posterolateral corners of parietals extended posteriorly. Maxilla expanded postorbitally as in P. barboi; median gular extending to posterior border of mandible, lateral gulars mostly covered by median gular; six branchiostegals; dermal bone ornamentation weak to strong; origin of dorsal fin at fourteenth scale row; gradual change from rhomboidal to narrow flank scales in first five vertical scale rows. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Sinemurian or 228.00000 to 190.80000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norian | USA (Virginia) | Ptycholepis marshi (224089) | |
| Hettangian | USA (Virginia) | Ptycholepis sp. (107637) | |
| Hettangian | USA (Connecticut) | Ptycholepis marshi (47198 224079) | |
| Sinemurian | USA (New Jersey) | Ptycholepis marshi (187288) |