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Virgatosphinctes sanchezi
Taxonomy
Virgatosphinctes sanchezi was named by Verma and Westermann (1973). Its type specimen is McM J 1528/2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 40C (McM-J1528), El Pastor, Sierra Catorce, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the La Caja Formation of Mexico.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Virgatosphinctes sanchezi Verma and Westermann p. 185 figs. Pl 32; pl 33; pl 34, figs; text-fig 15 |
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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.
†Virgatosphinctes sanchezi Verma and Westermann 1973
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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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Tithonian | Mexico | Virgatosphinctes sanchezi (197759 197760 type locality: 197974 197975) |