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Trioracodon major
Taxonomy
Triconodon major was named by Owen (1871). Its type specimen is BMNH 40722, a mandible (right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Feather Quarry, Durlston Bay (DB102), which is in a Berriasian marine shale in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Trioracodon major by Simpson (1928), Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Trioracodon major by Simpson (1928), Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Triconodon major Owen p. 70 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 3 |
| 1928 | Trioracodon major Simpson p. 96 figs. pl. 7, fig. 1 |
| 1979 | Trioracodon major Jenkins and Crompton |
| 2004 | Trioracodon major Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 246 |
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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.
†Trioracodon major Owen 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: Middle Berriasian or 141.00000 to 139.10000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Triconodon major (type locality: 52254) |