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Prognathodon compressidens
Taxonomy
Liodon compressidens was named by Gaudry (1892). Its type specimen is MNHN-Z-C-1878-5, a partial skull (Lower and upper toothed jaws (including premaxilla, the right maxilla and both dentaries)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Michery (vertebrate locality), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in France.
It was recombined as Prognathodon compressidens by Schulp et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Prognathodon compressidens by Schulp et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Liodon compressidens Gaudry p. 5 figs. 8A-B |
| 1967 | Liodon compressidens Russell p. 122 |
| 2008 | Prognathodon compressidens Schulp et al. p. 10 |
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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.
†Prognathodon compressidens Gaudry 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Campanian | France | Liodon compressidens (141943) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France | Liodon compressidens (type locality: 141937) |