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Laornis edvardsianus
Taxonomy
Laornis edvardsianus was named by Marsh (1870). Its type specimen is YPM 820, a limb element (tibiotarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey. It is the type species of Laornis.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1870 | Laornis edvardsianus Marsh p. 205 |
1880 | Laornis edvardsianus Marsh p. 199 |
1902 | Laornis edvardsianus Hay p. 531 |
1915 | Laornis edvardsianus Shufeldt p. 21 |
1930 | Laornis edvardsianus Hay p. 301 |
1933 | Laornis edwardsianus Lambrecht p. 526 |
1956 | Laornis edvardsianus Wetmore p. 104 |
1978 | Laornis edvardsianus Brodkorb p. 214 |
1987 | Laornis edvardsianus Olson and Parris p. 12 |
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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.
†Laornis edvardsianus Marsh 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875 |
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Laornis edvardsianus (type locality: 87902) |