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Nupharanassa bulotorum
Taxonomy
Nupharanassa bulotorum was named by Rasmussen et al. (1987). Its type specimen is DPC 3848, a limb element (distal end of right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Nupharanassa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Nupharanassa bulotorum Rasmussen et al. p. 7 figs. Fig. 6c, f |
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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.
†Nupharanassa bulotorum Rasmussen et al. 1987
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| D. T. Rasmussen et al. 1987 | DLSIGNOSIS.—Differs from all modern Jacanidae in having
the distal foramen of the tarsometatarsus much larger, not circular in outline but tapering proximally to produce a tear-drop shape; trochleae more nearly in die same proximodistal plane, die inner and outer trochleae being more distally produced relative to die middle trochlea; scar for hallux and the opposite lateral portion of die posterior surface of shaft more excavated; anterior portion of shaft lateral to distal foramen more expanded and flattened. |