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Vorobjevaia dolonodon
Taxonomy
Vorobjevaia dolonodon was named by Young et al. (1992) [An osteolepiform in which the lower jaw has a posterolateral division of the parasymphysial dental plate reaching the coronoid lamina, a sigmoid dentary tusk twice as long as the coronoid tusks, a rounded dorsal process in front of each coronoid tusk, and the parasymphysial dental plate elevated as a high rounded tuberculate process. The lower jaw is about 4.5 times as long as deep, and deepest posteriorly. ]. Its type specimen is AMF 54328, a mandible (a left lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Young et al 1992 Devonian Fish Locality 8, which is in a Givetian marine horizon in the Aztec Silstone Formation of Antarctica.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1992 | Vorobjevaia dolonodon Young et al. |
| 2016 | Vorobjevaia dolonodon Borgen and Nakrem |
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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.
†Vorobjevaia dolonodon Young et al. 1992
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||