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Cotradechites lithinus
Taxonomy
Cotradechites lithinus was named by Fennah (1968). Its type specimen is PU 888-93, a tegmen, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Telephone Tower Hill (USNM 14098), which is in a Clarkforkian channel siltstone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota. It is the type species of Cotradechites.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1968 | Cotradechites lithinus Fennah p. 145 fig. 1,2 |
2004 | Cotradechites lithinus Szwedo et al. p. 79 |
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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.
†Cotradechites lithinus Fennah 1968
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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: Clarkforkian or 56.20000 to 54.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Clarkforkian | USA (North Dakota) | Cotradechites lithinus (type locality: 10975) |