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Eocaecilia micropodia
Taxonomy
Eocaecilia micropodia was named by Jenkins and Walsh (1993). Its type specimen is MNA V8066, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609), which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian floodplain claystone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Eocaecilia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Eocaecilia micropodia Jenkins and Walsh p. 246 |
| 2007 | Eocaecilia micropodia Jenkins et al. |
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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.
†Eocaecilia micropodia Jenkins and Walsh 1993
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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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.30000 to 182.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | USA (Arizona) | Eocaecilia micropodia (type locality: 27716) |