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Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) pygmaeum
Taxonomy
Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) pygmaeum was named by Besnosov (1993). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 115/1464 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dzhangura Mountain, Kuban River (lower upper Dzhangura Fm, subfurcatum zone), which is in a Subfurcatum marine horizon in the Djangura Formation of the Russian Federation.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) pygmaeum Besnosov p. 96 figs. Pl 9, fig 3 |
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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.
†Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) pygmaeum Besnosov 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Subfurcatum or 171.60000 to 167.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Subfurcatum | Russian Federation | Leptosphinctes pygmaeum (type locality: 187899) |