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Argentina longirostris
Taxonomy
Argentina longirostris was named by Schwarzhans (2003). Its type specimen is MGUH 26084, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sundkrogen [Lellinge Greensand], which is in a Selandian marine sandstone in the Lellinge Greensand Formation of Denmark.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2003 | Argentina longirostris Schwarzhans p. 42 figs. figs. 15A-H |
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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.
†Argentina longirostris Schwarzhans 2003
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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W. Schwarzhans 2003 | Thin, elongated and fragile otoliths with a
length:height index of 1.7 to 1.9. The rostrum is sharp and long; no antirostrum or excisura are present. The postdorsal angle is prominent, the predorsal angle is almost absent. The sulcus is supramedian, long and narrow; the caudal tip is reaching very close to the posterior tip of the otolith and is connected with it by a small depression. |