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Nyctosaurus lamegoi
Taxonomy
Nyctosaurus lamegoi was named by Price (1953). Its type specimen is DGM 238-R, a limb element (Partial humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone), which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Gramame Formation of Brazil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Nyctosaurus lamegoi Price p. 4 figs. 1, pl. 1 |
| 1967 | Nyctosaurus lamegoi Charig p. 718 |
| 2003 | Nyctosaurus lamegoi Unwin p. 145 |
| 2014 | Nyctosaurus lamegoi Andres 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.
†Nyctosaurus lamegoi Price 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Brazil (Paraíba) | Nyctosaurus lamegoi (type locality: 88070) |