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Taxonomy
Parapontoporia pacifica was named by Barnes (1984) [University of California, Riverside]. Its type specimen is UCR 21244, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 11, which is in a Messinian coastal horizon in the Almejas Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Parapontoporia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1984 | Parapontoporia pacifica Barnes pp. 6-12 figs. 2-6 |
| 1991 | Parapontoporia pacifica Vidal p. 5 |
| 2008 | Parapontoporia pacifica Uhen et al. p. 586 |
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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.
†Parapontoporia pacifica Barnes 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||