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Pterosphenus sheppardi
Taxonomy
Pterosphenus sheppardi was named by Hoffstetter (1958). Its type locality is Ancon Pterosphenus sheppardi type locality, which is in an Eocene marine shale in the Seca Formation of Ecuador.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Pterosphenus sheppardi Hoffstetter |
| 2005 | Pterosphenus sheppardi Parmley and DeVore p. 714 |
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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.
†Pterosphenus sheppardi Hoffstetter 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Holman 2000 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Ecuador (Santa Elena) | Pterosphenus sheppardi (type locality: 48076) |