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Priscacara aquilonia
Taxonomy
Priscacara aquilonia was named by Wilson (1977). Its type specimen is ROM 11039 A & B, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Horsefly Mine, locality 8 (ROM collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Priscacara aquilonia Wilson pp. 48-54 figs. 15-16 |
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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.
†Priscacara aquilonia Wilson 1977
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M.V.H. Wilson 1977 | Eocene Priscacara with body depth to standard length ratio 0.44; head length to standard length ratio 0.38; fine teeth on premaxilla and dentary; preopercular finely serrate at angle; opercular with three or four strong spines; slender pelvic spine; last dorsal spine longer than preceding spine; pelvic origin slightly in advance of dorsal; D X-(XI),11; A 111,9-10; P 12-13; V 1,5; C i,8,7,i; vertebrae 11-12 + 14; scales strongly ctenoid. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||