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Kentriodon obscurus
Taxonomy
Grypolithax obscura was named by Kellogg (1931). Its type specimen is CAS 4349, an other (periotic), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian shoreface siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
It was recombined as Kentriodon obscurus by Barnes and Mitchell (1984), Barnes (1985), Ichishima et al. (1995), Uhen et al. (2008) and Peredo et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Kentriodon obscurus by Barnes and Mitchell (1984), Barnes (1985), Ichishima et al. (1995), Uhen et al. (2008) and Peredo et al. (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Grypolithax obscura Kellogg p. 393 figs. 131, 132 |
| 1931 | Grypolithax pavida Kellogg p. 396 figs. 133, 134 |
| 1977 | Grypolithax obscura Barnes p. 327 figs. Table 3 |
| 1977 | Grypolithax pavida Barnes p. 327 figs. Table 3 |
| 1984 | Kentriodon obscurus Barnes and Mitchell p. 3 |
| 1985 | Kentriodon obscurus Barnes p. 25 |
| 1995 | Kentriodon obscurus Ichishima et al. p. 487 |
| 2008 | Kentriodon obscurus Uhen et al. p. 589 |
| 2018 | Kentriodon obscurus Peredo et al. p. 16 figs. Figure 10 |
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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.
†Kentriodon obscurus Kellogg 1931
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Invalid names: Grypolithax pavida Kellogg 1931 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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