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Prionolepis
Taxonomy
Prionolepis is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Prionolepididae.
It was assigned to Enchodontidae by Woodward (1901) and Woodward (1902); to Prionolepididae by Goody (1969); and to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Enchodontidae by Woodward (1901) and Woodward (1902); to Prionolepididae by Goody (1969); and to Alepisauriformes by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | P. angustus (63042 222438 222567 222569 222570) | |
| Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | P. angustus (222571) |