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Romeria prima
Taxonomy
Romeria primus was named by Clark and Carroll (1973). Its type specimen is MCZ 1963, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek (Moran Fm.), which is in an Asselian terrestrial horizon in the Archer City Formation of Texas.
It was corrected as Romeria prima by Heaton (1979).
It was corrected as Romeria prima by Heaton (1979).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Romeria primus Clark and Carroll p. 371 figs. 8-10 |
| 1979 | Romeria prima Heaton p. 9 |
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†Romeria prima Clark and Carroll 1973
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Clark and R. L. Carroll 1973 | Similar to type species R. texana, except for having five rather than
four premaxillary teeth and 23-25 rather than 20 maxillary teeth. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kissel et al. 2002 | |||||