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Popovus pygmaeus
Taxonomy
Progonus pygmaeus was named by Popov (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 3152/4223, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Myangad locality, Section 221/17, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Progonus, Popovus.
It was recombined as Popovus pygmaeus by Özdikmen and Demir (2007) and Dong et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Popovus pygmaeus by Özdikmen and Demir (2007) and Dong et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Progonus pygmaeus Popov p. 52 figs. 24; Pl IV fig 1 |
| 1986 | Progonus similis Popov p. 52 figs. 25; Pl IV fig 2 |
| 1991 | Progonus pygmaeus Popov and Shcherbakov p. 219 |
| 2007 | Popovus pygmaeus Özdikmen and Demir p. 438 |
| 2007 | Popovus similis Özdikmen and Demir p. 438 |
| 2014 | Popovus pygmaeus Dong et al. p. 774 |
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†Popovus pygmaeus Popov 1986
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Invalid names: Progonus similis Popov 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available