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Metaxytherium floridanum
Taxonomy
Metaxytherium floridanum was named by Hay (1922). Its type specimen is USNM 7221, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prairie Pebble Phosphate Co., which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.
It was recombined as Felsinotherium floridanum by Simpson (1932), Sherman (1952).
It was recombined as Felsinotherium floridanum by Simpson (1932), Sherman (1952).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Metaxytherium floridanum Hay p. 1 |
| 1930 | Metaxytherium floridanum Hay p. 656 |
| 1932 | Felsinotherium floridanum Simpson p. 447 |
| 1932 | Felsinotherium ossivallense Simpson p. 448 figs. Fig. 12 |
| 1952 | Felsinotherium floridanum Sherman p. 98 |
| 1971 | Metaxytherium ossivallense Reinhart |
| 1974 | Metaxytherium floridanum Fondi and Pacini p. 45 |
| 1974 | Metaxytherium ossivallense Fondi and Pacini p. 45 |
| 1976 | Metaxytherium ossivalense Reinhart p. 199 |
| 1976 | Metaxytherium floridanum Reinhart p. 216 |
| 1988 | Metaxytherium floridanum Domning p. 399 |
| 1994 | Metaxytherium floridanum Domning p. 189 |
| 1996 | Metaxytherium floridanum Domning |
| 2008 | Metaxytherium floridanum Domning |
| 2014 | Metaxytherium floridanum Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3 |
| 2018 | Metaxytherium floridanum Domning p. 250 |
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†Metaxytherium floridanum Hay 1922
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Invalid names: Felsinotherium ossivallense Simpson 1932 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available