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Taxonomy
Nannopithex quaylei was named by Hooker (1986). Its type specimen is NHMUK M37145, a tooth (left M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Creechbarrow Hill, which is in a Bartonian marine marl/marl in the Creechbarrow Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Vectipithex quaylei by Hooker and Harrison (2008).
It was recombined as Vectipithex quaylei by Hooker and Harrison (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1986 | Nannopithex quaylei Hooker p. 242 |
2008 | Vectipithex quaylei Hooker and Harrison |
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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.
†Vectipithex quaylei Hooker 1986
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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 | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |