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Pycnodus bicresta
Taxonomy
Pycnodus bicresta was named by Kumar and Loyal (1987). Its type specimen is VPL/K 593, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Babbian Gala Locality, which is in a Lutetian channel lag shale in the Subathu Formation of India.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Pycnodus bicresta Kumar and Loyal p. 70 |
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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.
†Pycnodus bicresta Kumar and Loyal 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Lutetian or 70.60000 to 41.30000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Pycnodus bicresta (60397) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Pycnodus bicresta (222693) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Pycnodus sp. (27014) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Pycnodus bicresta (58102) | |
| Lutetian | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Pycnodus bicresta (type locality: 31299) |