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Palepidophyma paradisa
Taxonomy
Palepidophyma paradisa was named by Smith and Gauthier (2013). Its type specimen is UCMP 150827, a maxilla (partial left maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Castle Gardens, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial mudstone in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Palepidophyma.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Palepidophyma paradisa Smith and Gauthier p. 164 fig. 11 |
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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.
†Palepidophyma paradisa Smith and Gauthier 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Palepidophyma paradisa (type locality: 15458 181313) |