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Muranjilepis winterensis
Taxonomy
Muranjilepis winterensis was named by Young and Schultze (2005) [A small osteolepidid with a very short and wide postparietal shield, large orbits compared to parietoethmoidal length, very short preorbital length, large pores of the sensory line system, supraorbital lines forming an excessive lateral extension in front of orbits, downwards arched snout, and marginal position of anterior external naris. Lacrimal notch is separated from notch for anterior tip of maxilla.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is ANU V2961, a partial skull (parietoethmoidal shield). Its type locality is Orange Peel Knob, Mount WInter, which is in an Emsian/Eifelian marine siltstone in the Parkes Siltstone Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2005 | Muranjilepis winterensis Young and Schultze |
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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.
†Muranjilepis winterensis Young and Schultze 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |