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Docodon superus
Taxonomy
Docodon superus was named by Simpson (1929). Its type specimen is YPM 10647, a maxilla (right maxilla with canine and M1-5), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1929 | Docodon superus Simpson |
1979 | Docodon superus Kron p. 91 |
2004 | Docodon superus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 196-197 |
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†Docodon superus Simpson 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available