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Marzanoptera tersillae
Taxonomy
Marzanoptera tersillae was named by Bisconti et al. (2021). Its type specimen is EGPPA-MPTA 207.13307, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Marzanotto d’Asti, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Sabbie d’Asti Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Marzanoptera.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Marzanoptera tersillae Bisconti et al. figs. Figs. 3-16 |
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†Marzanoptera tersillae Bisconti et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Bisconti et al. 2021 | Given that in the text it is suggested that ‘Balaenoptera’ bertae Boessenecker, 2013 is to be assigned to Marzanoptera, a diagnosis of the new species is provided here. In proportion to the length of the supraoccipital (from the superior border of the foramen magnum to the anterior border), Marzanoptera tersillae differs from Marzanoptera bertae in having transversely wider intertemporal region of the frontal, transversely shorter supraorbital processes of the frontal, slightly shorter and stockier zygomatic process of the squamosal, and dorsal surface of the skull less rounded in lateral view. |
Measurements
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||