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Peripolocetus vexillifer
Taxonomy
Peripolocetus vexillifer was named by Kellogg (1931). Its type specimen is CAS 4370, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian shoreface siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California. It is the type species of Peripolocetus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1931 | Peripolocetus vexillifer Kellogg p. 338 |
1938 | Peripolocetus vexillifer Abel p. 9 |
1977 | Peripolocetus vexillifer Barnes p. 326 |
2008 | Peripolocetus vexillifer Uhen et al. p. 617 |
2015 | Peripolocetus vexillifer 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.
†Peripolocetus vexillifer Kellogg 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 |