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Protosphyraena terminalis
Taxonomy
Protosphyraena terminalis was named by Kanarkina et al. (2025). Its type specimen is IRScNB P8781, a set of postcrania (pectoral fin), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mesvin-Ciply, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Ciply-Malogne Phosphatic Chalk Formation of Belgium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2025 | Protosphyraena terminalis Kanarkina et al. p. 11 fig. 5A |
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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.
†Protosphyraena terminalis Kanarkina et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Belgium | Protosphyraena terminalis (type locality: 239003) |