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Colpocherus mississippiensis
Taxonomy
Colpocherus mississippiensis was named by Beard and Dawson (2009). Its type specimen is CM 70445, a tooth (right m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Hot, which is in a Wasatchian estuary/bay sandstone in the Tuscahoma Formation of Mississippi. It is the type species of Colpocherus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2009 | Colpocherus mississippiensis Beard and Dawson p. 206 fig. 9 |
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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.
†Colpocherus mississippiensis Beard and Dawson 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available