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Archicebus achilles
Taxonomy
Archicebus achilles was named by Ni et al. (2013). Its type specimen is IVPP V18618, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Jingzhou, which is in an Eocene terrestrial shale in the Yangxi Formation of China. It is the type species of Archicebus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2013 | Archicebus achilles Ni 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.
†Archicebus achilles Ni et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Eocene | China (Hubei) | Archicebus achilles (type locality: 35927) |