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Marplesornis novaezealandiae
Taxonomy
Palaeospheniscus novaezealandiae was named by Marples (1960). Its type specimen is CM 16527, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Motunau, which is in a Nukumaruan coastal mudstone in the Greta Siltstone Formation of New Zealand.
It was recombined as Marplesornis novaezealandiae by Simpson (1972), Fordyce (1982), Fordyce (1991) and Ksepka and Bertelli (2006).
It was recombined as Marplesornis novaezealandiae by Simpson (1972), Fordyce (1982), Fordyce (1991) and Ksepka and Bertelli (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Palaeospheniscus novaezealandiae Marples p. 194 |
| 1964 | Palaeospheniscus novaezealandiae Brodkorb p. 203 |
| 1972 | Marplesornis novaezealandiae Simpson |
| 1982 | Marplesornis novaezealandiae Fordyce p. 666 |
| 1991 | Marplesornis novaezealandiae Fordyce p. 1177 |
| 2006 | Marplesornis novaezealandiae Ksepka and Bertelli p. 389 |
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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.
†Marplesornis novaezealandiae Marples 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available