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Eophractus casamayorensis
Taxonomy
Eophractus casamayorensis was named by Schaeffer (1949). Its type specimen is A.M.N.H. No. 3165, a partial skull (associated left nasal and left maxillary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Bird Clay", which is in a Casamayoran lacustrine claystone/tuff in Argentina. It is the type species of Eophractus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1949 | Eophractus casamayorensis Schaeffer p. 49 |
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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.
†Eophractus casamayorensis Schaeffer 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Casamayoran or 56.00000 to 48.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Casamayoran | Argentina (Chubut) | Eophractus casamayorensis (type locality: 49848) |