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Gaffneylania auricularis
Taxonomy
Gaffneylania auricularis was named by Sterli et al. (2015). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV 10556, a partial skeleton (Cranial, vertebral and appendicular remains), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Verde lower level, which is in an Eocene lacustrine tuff in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Gaffneylania.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Gaffneylania auricularis Sterli et al. |
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†Gaffneylania auricularis Sterli et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Sterli 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | Argentina (Chubut) | Gaffneylania auricularis (208475 208477) | |
| Middle Eocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Gaffneylania auricularis (type locality: 142929) |