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Neorhynchocephalus melanderi
Taxonomy
Hirmoneura melanderi was named by Cockerell (1908). Its type specimen is YPM 14172, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Neorhynchocephalus melanderi by Bequaert and Carpenter (1936), Melander (1949).
It was recombined as Neorhynchocephalus melanderi by Bequaert and Carpenter (1936), Melander (1949).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Hirmoneura melanderi Cockerell p. 311 |
| 1914 | Hirmoneura melanderi Cockerell p. 724 |
| 1936 | Neorhynchocephalus melanderi Bequaert and Carpenter p. 403 figs. 5, 7.3 |
| 1949 | Neorhynchocephalus melanderi Melander p. 30 |
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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.
†Neorhynchocephalus melanderi Cockerell 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 (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Hirmoneura melanderi (106381 113749) Neorhynchocephalus melanderi (106384 124680) |