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Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
Taxonomy
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis was named by Romer (1942). Its type specimen is MCZ 7197, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Godwin Creek, Archer County, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer |
| 1975 | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Cappetta and Case p. 35 |
| 1987 | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Cappetta p. 172 |
| 1988 | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Case and Schwimmer p. 295 |
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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.
†Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (35289) | |
| Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (70720) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (type locality: 132656) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (128412) Protamia sp. (57918) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Delaware) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (27570) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (14455 32181) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (79363) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Delaware) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (126600 126810) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (14504 46617 57916 221052) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis (213744 213745 213746 213747 213748) |