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Anancus capensis
Taxonomy
Anancus capensis was named by Sanders (2007). Its type specimen is SAMPQ-L 41692, a set of teeth (Molars), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Anancus capensis Sanders p. 2 |
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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.
†Anancus capensis Sanders 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. J. Sanders 2007 | tetralophodont intermediate molars. More advanced than the primitive form of A. kenyensis and A. osiris having more complex molars, with greater folding of enamel, an incipient seventh loph in M3, more pronounced anancoidy, and posttrite posterior accessory conules occurring nearly throughout the crown in M3. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | Anancus capensis (21713) |