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Hyperleptus
Taxonomy
Hyperleptus was named by Ameghino (1891). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Ameghino (1894), Carroll (1988) and Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Ameghino (1894), Carroll (1988) and Varela et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Hyperleptus Ameghino |
| 1891 | Tapinotherium Mercerat |
| 1894 | Hyperleptus Ameghino p. 151 |
| 1988 | Hyperleptus Carroll |
| 2019 | Hyperleptus Varela et al. |
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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.
G. †Hyperleptus Ameghino 1891
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†Hyperleptus garzonianus Ameghino 1891
†Hyperleptus schissognathus Ameghino 1891
†Hyperleptus sectus Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Tapinotherium aguirrei Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tapinotherium Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Colombia (Guajira) | H. sp. (145271) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | H. sp. (142533 176602 176636) |