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Plagiaulax becklesii
Taxonomy
Plagiaulax becklesii was named by Falconer (1857). Its type specimen is BMNH 47731, a mandible (partial right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Plagiaulax.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1857 | Plagiaulax becklesii Falconer |
1859 | Plagiaulax becclesii Owen p. 161 |
1871 | Plagiaulax medius Owen p. 84 |
1902 | Plagiaulax becklesii Hay p. 558 |
1928 | Plagiaulax becklesii Simpson p. 33 figs. Pl. 2, figs 5-6; pl. 3, figs 1-2; text-fig. 9 |
1930 | Plagiaulax becklesii Hay p. 377 |
1971 | Plagiaulax becklesii Hahn p. 35 |
1979 | Plagiaulax becklesii Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101 |
2004 | Plagiaulax becklesii Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 316 |
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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.
†Plagiaulax becklesii Falconer 1857
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Invalid names: Plagiaulax medius Owen 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available