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Patagoniophis parvus
Taxonomy
Patagoniophis parvus was named by Albino (1986). Its type specimen is MACN-RN 33, a set of vertebrae (trunk vertebra, probably posterior), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large siltstone/sandstone in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Patagoniophis parvus Albino p. 16 fig. 2 |
| 2004 | Patagoniophis parvus Martinelli and Forasiepi p. 260 |
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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.
†Patagoniophis parvus Albino 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. M. Albino 1986 | "Madtsoiinae con vértebras de muy pequeño tamano, de centro vertebral relativamente largo y angosto. La carena hemal está escasamente definida; la espina neural es baja, larga y delgada, y el zigósfeno es delgado. Con foramen paracotylar y parazigantral. Sin proceso prezigapofisario." (pg. 18) |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Patagoniophis parvus (type locality: 45087 49557) |