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Mecistotrachelos apeoros
Taxonomy
Mecistotrachelos apeoros was named by Fraser et al. (2007). Its type specimen is VMNH 3650, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Solite Quarries (VMNH collection), which is in a Norian lacustrine - small shale in the Cow Branch Formation of North Carolina. It is the type species of Mecistotrachelos.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Mecistotrachelos apeoros Fraser et al. p. 261 figs. Fig. 1 |
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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.
†Mecistotrachelos apeoros Fraser et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||