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Jurascyllium magnum
Taxonomy
Protospinax magnus was named by Underwood and Ward (2004). Its type specimen is BMNH P. 66116, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Jurascyllium.
It was recombined as Jurascyllium magnum by Begat et al. (2025).
It was recombined as Jurascyllium magnum by Begat et al. (2025).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Protospinax magnus Underwood and Ward p. 483 figs. pl. 11, figs. 1-15 |
| 2004 | Protospinax bilobatus Underwood and Ward p. 485 figs. pl. 12, figs. 1-11 |
| 2010 | Protospinax magnus Delsate and Weis figs. Pl 6, fig 3 |
| 2015 | Protospinax magnus Delsate and Felten p. 20 figs. 6C-D |
| 2015 | Protospinax bilobatus Delsate and Felten p. 21 figs. 6E-F |
| 2025 | Jurascyllium magnum Begat et al. p. 742 figs. 8A-F |
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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.
†Jurascyllium magnum Underwood and Ward 2004
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Invalid names: Protospinax bilobatus Underwood and Ward 2004 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 170.90000 to 152.21000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Bajocian | France (Grand Est) | Protospinax bilobatus, Protospinax magnus (179498) | |
| Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | Protospinax bilobatus (91450) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Germany | Jurascyllium magnum (276591) |