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Maurolicus brevirostris
Taxonomy
Maurolicus brevirostris was named by Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is SGO.PV.1617, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Rio Rapel, which is in a Miocene deep-water sandstone in the Navidad Formation of Chile.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Maurolicus brevirostris Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 15 figs. Fig. 6e |
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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.
†Maurolicus brevirostris Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021 | High bodied, compressed otoliths; OL:OH = 1.0– 1.1. Ostium and rostrum short. Rostrum 22–27% of OL. Cauda with sag of ventral margin just behind collum. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Girone et al. 2006 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Maurolicus brevirostris (type locality: 46980) |