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Paraceratherium lepidum
Taxonomy
Paraceratherium lipidus was named by Xu and Wang (1978). Its type specimen is TP 9401, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1 km west of Feiyue Railway station, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Taoshuyuanzi Formation of China.
It was corrected as Paraceratherium lepidum by Qiu and Wang (2007).
It was corrected as Paraceratherium lepidum by Qiu and Wang (2007).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Paraceratherium lipidus Xu and Wang |
| 1988 | Paraceratherium zhajremensis Bayshashov |
| 2007 | Paraceratherium lepidum Qiu and Wang |
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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.
†Paraceratherium lepidum Xu and Wang 1978
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Invalid names: Paraceratherium zhajremensis Bayshashov 1988 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available