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Albanerpeton galaktion
Taxonomy
Albanerpeton galaktion was named by Fox and Naylor (1982). Its type specimen is UA 16203, a partial skull (pleft premaxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-6), which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Milk River Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Albanerpeton galaktion Fox and Naylor p. 121 figs. 1-3 |
| 1999 | Albanerpeton galaktion Gardner p. 531 |
| 2000 | Albanerpeton galaktion Gardner p. 66 |
| 2003 | Albanerpeton galaktion Gardner et al. p. 315 |
| 2005 | Albanerpeton galaktion Venczel and Gardner |
| 2008 | Albanerpeton galaktion Gardner and Böhme p. 179 |
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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.
†Albanerpeton galaktion Fox and Naylor 1982
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. C. Fox and B. G. Naylor 1982 | Differs from A. inexpectatum in smooth anterior surface with scattered shallow pits; from A. arthridion in shorter medial ridge on pars facialis and distinct indentation for prefrontal; and from both in deep, large pit behind pars facialis and above pars palatina, and in enlarged teeth in anterior of dentary and maxillary. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Lancian or 85.80000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | Albanerpeton galaktion (14422 14423 type locality: 14425 14426 14427 14428 146190) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Texas) | Albanerpeton galaktion (200385) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Albanerpeton galaktion (45674 45893) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | Albanerpeton galaktion (14466) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Albanerpeton galaktion (45566 45567 47794) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Texas) | Albanerpeton galaktion (212186) | |
| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Albanerpeton galaktion (14514) | |
| Lancian | USA (Montana) | Albanerpeton galaktion (144499 144502) |