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Benthesikyme gracilis
Taxonomy
Leptotrachelus gracilis was named by Davis (1887). Its type specimen is BMNH 48086, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (BMNH collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.
It was recombined as Dercetis gracilis by Goody (1969); it was recombined as Benthesikyme gracilis by Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz (2021).
It was recombined as Dercetis gracilis by Goody (1969); it was recombined as Benthesikyme gracilis by Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1878 | Leptotrachelus longipinnis Cope p. 68 |
| 1887 | Leptotrachelus gracilis Davis p. 623 figs. Pl 38, fig 3 |
| 1901 | Leptotrachelus gracilis Woodward p. 181 |
| 1902 | Leptotrachelus longipinnis Hay p. 397 |
| 1942 | Leptotrachelus gracilis Woodward p. 555 |
| 1969 | Dercetis gracilis Goody p. 51 fig. 25 |
| 2021 | Benthesikyme gracilis Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz p. 2 |
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†Benthesikyme gracilis Davis 1887
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Invalid names: Leptotrachelus longipinnis Cope 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available