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Katapontisus brodiei
Taxonomy
Elmis brodiei was named by Giebel (1856). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Katapontisus.
It was recombined as Katapontisus brodiei by Handlirsch (1906) and Kirejtshuk et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Katapontisus brodiei by Handlirsch (1906) and Kirejtshuk et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1856 | Elmis brodiei Giebel p. 50 |
| 1906 | Katapontisus brodiei Handlirsch p. 565 figs. Pl XLV fig 83 |
| 2016 | Katapontisus brodiei Kirejtshuk et al. p. 147 |
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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.
†Katapontisus brodiei Giebel 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Limnius sp. (type locality: 104008) |