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Argochampsa krebsi
Taxonomy
Argochampsa krebsi was named by Hua and Jouve (2004). Its type specimen is OCP DEK-GE 1201, a skull (nearly complete skull, with mandibular fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grand Daoui area [Couche II], which is in a Danian/Thanetian marine horizon in the Couche II Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Argochampsa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Argochampsa krebsi Hua and Jouve p. 341 figs. Fig. 2-5 |
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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.
†Argochampsa krebsi Hua and Jouve 2004
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Hua and S. Jouve 2004 | Rostrum about 70% of median length of the skull, 5 premaxillary alveoli and 26 maxillary alveoli, premaxilla transversally broad and strongly bent downwards, with first three alveoli forming a transverse row, diastema between the fourth and fifth premaxillary alveoli, nasals fused, one external foramen between maxilla and jugal, frontal modestly penetrates the supratemporal fenestra, paroccipital processes form two postero-laterally directed long narrow points. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988 | |||||