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Colossocossus
Taxonomy
Colossocossus was named by Menon et al. (2005). Its type is Colossocossus loveridgei.
It was assigned to Palaeontinidae by Menon et al. (2005) and Menon et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Palaeontinidae by Menon et al. (2005) and Menon et al. (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2005 | Colossocossus Menon et al. p. 839 |
2007 | Colossocossus Menon et al. p. 288 |
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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.
G. †Colossocossus Menon et al. 2005
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†Colossocossus bechlyi Menon and Heads 2005
†Colossocossus giganticus Menon and Heads 2007
†Colossocossus loveridgei Menon et al. 2005
†Colossocossus rugosa Menon et al. 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | C. giganticus (122922) C. loveridgei, C. rugosa, C. bechlyi (122557) |