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Psalodon marshi
Taxonomy
Psalodon marshi was named by Simpson (1929). Its type specimen is USNM 2684, a mandible (crushed left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1929 | Psalodon marshi Simpson |
1979 | Psalodon marshi Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101 |
2004 | Psalodon marshi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 303 |
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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.
†Psalodon marshi Simpson 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983 |
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Psalodon marshi (type locality: 12816 49636) |