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Potamonycteris biperforatus
Taxonomy
Potamonycteris biperforatus was named by Czaplewski (1991). Its type specimen is UNSM 52008, a partial skull (left half of a rostrum including the broken crowns of M2-M3 and alveoli for the other upper teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Annie's Geese Crossing Quarry, which is in a Barstovian fluvial conglomerate/sandstone in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Potamonycteris.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Potamonycteris biperforatus Czaplewski p. 716 |
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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.
†Potamonycteris biperforatus Czaplewski 1991
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Simmons et al. 2008 | |||||
Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Potamonycteris biperforatus (type locality: 18031) |