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Wimahl chinookensis
Taxonomy
Wimahl chinookensis was named by Peredo et al. (2018). Its type specimen is UWBM 88078, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Frankfort, east, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian marine siltstone in Washington. It is the type species of Wimahl.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Wimahl chinookensis Peredo et al. p. 2 figs. Figs. 2–9, S1–S3; Tables 1, S1 |
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†Wimahl chinookensis Peredo et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Peredo et al. 2018 | A large-bodied species of kentriodontidid identi- fied as unique in this analysis by a wide rostrum at the antorbital notch (measuring over 92% of the width across the middle of the orbits); premaxillae along the middle third of the rostrum con- tacting but not fused; premaxillae that extend posterior to the level of the anterior edge of the floor of the squamosal fossa; straight lateral edges of the premaxillae lacking an inflection near the nasals; deep emargination of the zygomatic process by the sternomastoid muscle fossa; and a medial portion of the max- illae that slopes down from the midline so that it is oriented dorsolaterally. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | USA (Washington) | Wimahl chinookensis (type locality: 183941) |