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Sinopa major
Taxonomy
Sinopa major was named by Wortman (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Church Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Proviverra major by Van Valen (1965) and Gustafson (1986).
It was recombined as Proviverra major by Van Valen (1965) and Gustafson (1986).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1902 | Sinopa major Wortman p. 18–19 |
1965 | Proviverra major Van Valen |
1986 | Proviverra major Gustafson |
1996 | Sinopa major Polly |
1998 | Sinopa major Gustafson |
2014 | Sinopa major Morlo et al. |
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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.
†Sinopa major Wortman 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Late/Upper Uintan or 50.30000 to 39.70000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Sinopa grangeri (16205) Sinopa major (type locality: 16201 16244 223427 223466 223471 223479 223481 223482 223483) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Utah) | Sinopa grangeri (16396) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Texas) | Proviverra major (16650) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | Sinopa major (16614) |