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Oceanites zaloscarthmus
Taxonomy
Oceanites zaloscarthmus was named by Olson (1985). Its type specimen is L25214, a limb element (right humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Langebaanweg, QSM, which is in a Zanclean fluvial sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Oceanites zaloscarthmus Olson p. 126 figs. Figs. 1-2 |
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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.
†Oceanites zaloscarthmus Olson 1985
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. L. Olson 1985 | Much larger and more robust than Oceanites oceanicus, O. gracilis, or O. ('Garrodia') nereis. Very similar in size and morphology to O. ('Pelago- droma') marinus but (1) brachial fossa of humerus much shallower and less exten- sive; (2) olecranon better developed (nearly absent in O. marinus); (3) carpal tubercle of ulna more pointed, less expanded and less triangular; (4) distal end of ulna not rotated ventrally; (5) shafts of hindlimb elements more robust; (6) femur less curved in lateral and medial views; (7) wings of inner and outer trochleae of tarsometatarsus less prominent and not as expanded to the sides. |
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||