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Menuites oralensis
Taxonomy
Menuites oralensis was named by Cobban and Kennedy (1993) [= 1937 Parapachydiscus complexus (Hall and Meek). Dane and others, p. 230.
= 1952 Pachydiscus complexus (Hall and Meek). Cobban and Reeside, p. 1020 (part).
= 1959 Anapachydiscus [complexus Hall and Meek]. Scott and Cobban, p. 126 (part).
= 1963 Anapachydiscus? complexus (Hall and Meek). Scott, p. 102, 103 (part).
= 1963 Menuites? n. sp. Scott, p. 102, 103 (part).
= 1966 Anapachydiscus complexus (Hall and Meek). Gill and Cobban, p. A56 (part).
= 1966 Menuites n. sp. Gill and Cobban, p. A56.
= 1975 Menuites sp. Hirsch, p. 112, fig. 11 (not fig. 10).]. Its type specimen is USNM 456671 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS D1411. Cheyenne River bluff, which is in a Campanian offshore shale/limestone in the Pierre Shale Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Menuites oralensis Cobban and Kennedy pp. 9 - 12 figs. Plate4,figures 1-3; plate 5, figures 2-4; plate 6, figures 1-8; plate 7, figures 1-4; plate 8, figur |
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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.
†Menuites oralensis Cobban and Kennedy 1993
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||