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Phantocephalus meridionalis
Taxonomy
Phantocephalus meridionalis was named by Zhang (1989). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China. It is the type species of Phantocephalus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Phantocephalus meridionalis Zhang p. 45 figs. Pl. 5 fig. 1 |
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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.
†Phantocephalus meridionalis Zhang 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Phantocephalus meridionalis (type locality: 128551) |