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Palaeotaxonus typicus
Taxonomy
Palaeotaxonus typicus was named by Brues (1908). Its type specimen is MCZ 2043, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Palaeotaxonus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Palaeotaxonus typicus Brues p. 266 fig. 7 |
| 2010 | Palaeotaxonus typicus Taeger et al. p. 296 |
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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.
†Palaeotaxonus typicus Brues 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Palaeotaxonus typicus (type locality: 106384) |