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Vulcanops jennyworthyae
Taxonomy
Vulcanops jennyworthyae was named by Hand et al. (2018). Its type specimen is CM 2013.18.790, a mandible (left dentary fragment with m2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Manuherikia River site, Saint Bathans, Home Hills Station, HH1a, which is in an Altonian lacustrine - large sandstone/claystone in the Bannockburn Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Vulcanops.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Vulcanops jennyworthyae Hand et al. p. 2 fig. 1–2 |
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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.
†Vulcanops jennyworthyae Hand et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Altonian or 19.00000 to 15.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Vulcanops jennyworthyae (type locality: 73690 126289) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (Otago) | Vulcanops jennyworthyae (224421) |