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Lycaenops tenuirostris
Taxonomy
Tangagorgon tenuirostris was named by Boonstra (1953). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-11744, a skull (A complete but compressed skull with lower jaw and cervical vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B32, Usili mountain, Ngaka - Kingori Hill Area, Ruhuhu Valley, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Tangagorgon.
It was recombined as Lycaenops tenuirostris by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
It was recombined as Lycaenops tenuirostris by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Lycaenops tenuirostris Sigogneau-Russell |
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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.
†Lycaenops tenuirostris Boonstra 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Tangagorgon tenuirostris (178128) |