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Chamitataxus avitus
Taxonomy
Chamitataxus avitus was named by Owen (2006). Its type specimen is F:AM 27458, a skull (almost complete skull with left and right I1-M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Osbornoceros Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Chamita Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Chamitataxus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Chamitataxus avitus Owen p. 1002 |
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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.
†Chamitataxus avitus Owen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (New Mexico) | Chamitaxus avitus (type locality: 19473) |