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Peradectes elegans

Taxonomy

Peradectes elegans was named by Matthew and Granger (1921) [genotype]. Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado. It is the type species of Peradectes.

Sister species

P. californicus, P. chesteri, P. minor, P. protinnominatus, P. pusillus

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Synonyms

Peradectes pauli was named by Gazin (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 20879, a mandible, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Saddle, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Peradectes elegans by Holtzman (1978).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1921	Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger
1956	Peradectes pauli Gazin pp. 14-15

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