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Becklesius hoffstetteri
Taxonomy
Becklesisaurus hoffstetteri was named by Seiffert (1975). Its type specimen is Gui A.56, a mandible (dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal. It is the type species of Becklesius.
It was recombined as Becklesius hoffstetteri by Estes (1983) and Evans and Searle (2002).
It was recombined as Becklesius hoffstetteri by Estes (1983) and Evans and Searle (2002).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1973 | Becklesisaurus hoffstetteri Seiffert |
1975 | Becklesisaurus hoffstetteri Seiffert p. 20 figs. 12-16, 18 |
1983 | Becklesius hoffstetteri Estes pp. 116-118 figs. 28g-j |
2002 | Becklesius hoffstetteri Evans and Searle p. 151 |
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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.
†Becklesius hoffstetteri Seiffert 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 157.30000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Leiria) | Becklesisaurus hoffstetteri (type locality: 24563) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Becklesius hoffstetteri (48445) |