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Fruitafossor windscheffeli
Taxonomy
Fruitafossor windscheffeli was named by Luo and Wible (2005). Its type specimen is LACM 150948, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Fruitafossor windscheffeli site, FPA, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Fruitafossor.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Fruitafossor windscheffeli Luo and Wible p. 107 |
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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.
†Fruitafossor windscheffeli Luo and Wible 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Luo and Wible 2005, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 154.80000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimmeridgian | USA (Colorado) | Fruitafossor windscheffeli (type locality: 68024) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Utah) | Fruitafossor windscheffeli (191718) |