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Vulpavus palustris
Taxonomy
Vulpavus palustris was named by Marsh (1871) [genotype; said to be 1872; but see Matthew 1909b]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Vulpavus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Vulpavus palustris Marsh |
| 1899 | Vulpavus palustris Wortman and Matthew p. 136 |
| 1902 | Vulpavus palustris Hay p. 761 |
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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.
†Vulpavus palustris Marsh 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Vulpavus palustris (16116 type locality: 16228) |