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Ceratophyus yatagaii
Taxonomy
Ceratophyus yatagaii was named by Aiba and Král (2023). Its type specimen is KYFSI209, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shiobara, Shiobara-machi, Tochigi Prefecture (KYFSI collection), which is in a Pleistocene crater lake mudstone in the Miyajima Formation of Japan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Ceratophyus yatagaii Aiba and Král p. 266 figs. 1, 2, 3, 4A |
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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.
†Ceratophyus yatagaii Aiba and Král 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Ceratophyus yatagaii (type locality: 194482) |