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Oligopteryx floridanus
Taxonomy
Oligopteryx floridanus was named by Morgan and Czaplewski (2023). Its type specimen is UF 157769, a mandible (right dentary fragment with p2, p4-m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brooksville 2, which is in an Arikareean fissure fill claystone/sandstone in Florida. It is the type species of Oligopteryx.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Oligopteryx floridanus Morgan and Czaplewski p. 147 figs. Fig. 4-10 |
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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.
†Oligopteryx floridanus Morgan and Czaplewski 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Arikareean or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Arikareean | USA (Florida) | Oligopteryx floridanus (type locality: 17476) |