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Rhinolophus contrarius
Taxonomy
Rhinolophus contrarius was named by Mein and Pickford (2003). Its type specimen is AD 272'96, a mandible (left mandible with p2-p4 and incisor and canine alveoli), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arrisdrift, which is in a Miocene channel sandstone in Namibia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Rhinolophus contrarius Mein and Pickford p. 115 fig. 1 |
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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.
†Rhinolophus contrarius Mein and Pickford 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Namibia | Rhinolophus sp. (type locality: 21855) |