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Taxonomy
Cretophotina santanensis was named by Lee (2014). Its type specimen is SMNS 67583, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Cretophotina.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2014 | Cretophotina santanensis Lee figs. 6-8 |
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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.
†Cretophotina santanensis Lee 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available