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Orycteropus gaudryi
Discussion
There is no defined holotype. The material described by Forsyth Major (1888) and housed in the Musée Géologique Cantonal de Lausanne can be considered as its syntypes.
Taxonomy
Orycteropus gaudryi was named by Forsyth Major (1888). Its type specimen is cranium and mandible (NHML-M. 5690) and cranium (NHMW-A.4760) (syntypes) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil collection from Samos Island in the Geological Museum of Lausanne, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Greece.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1888 | Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major |
1888 | Orycteropus gaudryi Major |
1975 | Orycteropus gaudryi Pickford p. 82 |
2007 | Orycteropus gaudryi Lehmann p. 185 |
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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.
†Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available