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Surcaudalus rostratus
Taxonomy
Surcaudalus rostratus was named by Leu (1989). Its type specimen is QMF 14470A/B, a skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Clinker Hill, Blackwater coal mine (Leu coll.), which is in a Changhsingian lacustrine shale in the Rangal Coal Measures Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Surcaudalus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Surcaudalus rostratus Leu p. 267 figs. Pl 33, 34; text-figs 3-11 |
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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.
†Surcaudalus rostratus Leu 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | Australia (Queensland) | Surcaudalus rostratus (type locality: 117016) |