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Rhinoptera sherborni
Taxonomy
Rhinoptera sherborni was named by White (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ameki, SE of, which is in a Bartonian deep-water horizon in the Ameki Formation of Nigeria.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Rhinoptera sherborni White p. 47 |
| 1997 | Rhinoptera sherborni Noubhani and Cappetta p. 125 |
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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.
†Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 47.80000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Rhinoptera sherborni (41989 41992 41994 41998) | |
| Lutetian | Nigeria | Rhinoptera sherborni (60711) | |
| Middle Eocene | Uzbekistan | Rhinoptera sherborni (45701 45702 62573) | |
| Bartonian | Nigeria | Rhinoptera sherborni (type locality: 32905) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India (Orissa) | Rhinoptera sherborni (42842) |