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Gricetoides aurorae
Taxonomy
Gricetoides aurorae was named by Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008). Its type specimen is USNM 182921, a partial skull (basal portion of posterior part of cranium), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation, which is in a Zanclean estuary/bay sandstone in the Yorktown Formation of North Carolina.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2008 | Gricetoides aurorae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 251 |
2015 | Gricetoides aurorae Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
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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.
†Gricetoides aurorae Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Uhen 2004 |