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Acantholipan gonzalezi
Taxonomy
Acantholipan gonzalezi was named by Rivera-Sylva et al. (2018). Its type specimen is CPC 272, a set of postcrania (One dorsal vertebra, one caudal vertebra, one rib fragment, the distal end of a left humerus, a left ulna, the distal end of a left femur, and one distal thorac), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Los Primos, south of San Miguel, which is in a Campanian marginal marine shale in the Pen Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Acantholipan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Acantholipan gonzalezi Rivera-Sylva et al. figs. 3a-g |
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†Acantholipan gonzalezi Rivera-Sylva et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| H. E. Rivera-Sylva et al. 2018 | Combination of the following characters: (1) ulna with anterolateral process prominent, tapering and truncated proximally (triangular in lateral view); (2) conical and slightly caudally curved lateral thoracic osteoderm with a longitudinal oval cross section and vascular grooves on the lateral face only. |