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Cantius mckennai
Taxonomy
Pelycodus mckennai was named by Gingerich and Simons (1977). Its type specimen is UM 67113, a maxilla (left maxilla with M1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SC-133, which is in a Wasatchian wet floodplain wackestone/carbonate in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Cantius mckennai by Gingerich and Haskin (1981).
It was recombined as Cantius mckennai by Gingerich and Haskin (1981).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Pelycodus mckennai Gingerich and Simons |
| 1981 | Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Haskin |
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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.
†Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Graybullian to the top of the Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma
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