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Taxonomy
Aporotus dicyrtus was named by Du Bus (1868). Its type specimen is IRSNB 3808-M.541, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium.
It was recombined as Ziphirostrum dicyrtum by Vanden Broeck (1874).
It was recombined as Ziphirostrum dicyrtum by Vanden Broeck (1874).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Aporotus dicyrtus Du Bus p. 627 |
| 1874 | Ziphirostrum dicyrtum Vanden Broeck p. 146 |
| 1880 | Aporotus dicyrtus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 416 |
| 1898 | Aporotus dicyrtus Trouessart p. 1061 |
| 1904 | Aporotus dicyrtus Trouessart p. 776 |
| 2005 | Aporotus dicyrtus Lambert p. 486 |
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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.
†Aporotus dicyrtus Du Bus 1868
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Aporotus dicyrtus (type locality: 47465) |