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Thoracophorus
Taxonomy
Thoracophorus was named by Motschulsky (1837). It is extant. It is the type genus of Thoracophorini, Thoracophorina.
It was assigned to Osoriinae by Irmler (2003); to Thoracophorini by Cai et al. (2016); and to Thoracophorina by Herman (2001), Yamamoto et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Osoriinae by Irmler (2003); to Thoracophorini by Cai et al. (2016); and to Thoracophorina by Herman (2001), Yamamoto et al. (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Thoracophorus Motschulsky |
| 2001 | Thoracophorus Herman p. 1298 |
| 2003 | Thoracophorus Irmler p. 2 |
| 2016 | Thoracophorus Cai et al. p. 346 |
| 2024 | Thoracophorus Yamamoto et al. p. 1000 |
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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.
G. Thoracophorus Motschulsky 1837
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†Thoracophorus balticus Yamamoto et al. 2024
†Thoracophorus palaeobrevicristatus Irmler 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 37.71000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation | T. balticus (234391) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | T. palaeobrevicristatus (122474) |