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Taxonomy
Pterodon hyaenoides was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). Its type specimen is AMNH 20307, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ula Usu, Shara Murum (AMNH), which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Shara Murum Formation of China.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1925 | Pterodon hyaenoides Matthew and Granger |
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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.
†Pterodon hyaenoides Matthew and Granger 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Pterodon hyaenoides (type locality: 174962) |