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Astroscopus
Taxonomy
Astroscopus is a genus.
It was assigned to Uranoscopidae by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale et al. (2011) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Uranoscopidae by Fitch and Lavenberg (1983), Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale et al. (2011) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Astroscopus Fitch and Lavenberg p. 513 |
| 2001 | Astroscopus Purdy et al. p. 177 |
| 2011 | Astroscopus Carnevale et al. |
| 2018 | Astroscopus Carnevale and Godfrey p. 189 |
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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.
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 Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian | USA (Maryland) | A. countermani (135808) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | A. sp. (52582) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | A. sp. (73485) |