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Paradiscoglossus americanus
Taxonomy
Paradiscoglossus americanus was named by Estes and Sanchíz (1982). Its type specimen is UCMP 125827, a set of postcrania, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Bushy Tailed Blowout, which is in a Lancian terrestrial shale in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Paradiscoglossus americanus Estes and Sanchíz p. 10 figs. 1A-B, 2A-D, 3A-B |
| 1998 | Paradiscoglossus americanus Sanchiz |
| 2008 | Paradiscoglossus americanus Gardner p. 230 |
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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.
†Paradiscoglossus americanus Estes and Sanchíz 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Paradiscoglossus americanus (type locality: 14519) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Paradiscoglossus americanus (14585) |