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Neorhynchocephalus occultator
Taxonomy
Hirmoneura occultator was named by Cockerell (1908). Its type specimen is UCM 18631, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Neorhynchocephalus occultator by Bequaert and Carpenter (1936) and Melander (1949).
It was recombined as Neorhynchocephalus occultator by Bequaert and Carpenter (1936) and Melander (1949).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Hirmoneura occultator Cockerell p. 254 |
| 1936 | Neorhynchocephalus occultator Bequaert and Carpenter p. 402 figs. 4, 7.1 |
| 1949 | Neorhynchocephalus occultator Melander p. 30 |
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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.
†Neorhynchocephalus occultator Cockerell 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Hirmoneura occultator (type locality: 106381) Neorhynchocephalus occultator (123119) |