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Argentina antarctica
Taxonomy
Argentina antarctica was named by Schwarzhans et al. (2017). Its type specimen is NRM-PZ P.15964, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IAA 2/95, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Argentina antarctica Schwarzhans et al. p. 152 figs. Figs 3A C, 6A |
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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.
†Argentina antarctica Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. Schwarzhans et al. 2017 | Dorsal rim anteriorly depressed, without excisura; posteriorly broadly expanded. Ventral rim deep and regularly curved. All rims intensely crenulated. Cauda straight, terminating close to posterior rim of otolith, not connected through postcaudal depression. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Carroll 1988 | |||||