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Palaeoscaptor gigas
Taxonomy
Amphechinus gigas was named by Lopatin (2002). Its type specimen is PIN, no. 4567/14, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eastern slope of the Khunuk Valley, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.
It was recombined as Palaeoscaptor gigas by Ziegler et al. (2007).
It was recombined as Palaeoscaptor gigas by Ziegler et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Amphechinus gigas Lopatin |
| 2007 | Palaeoscaptor gigas Ziegler et al. p. 88 |
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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.
†Palaeoscaptor gigas Lopatin 2002
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Amphechinus rectus (174759) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Mongolia (Övörkhangai) | Amphechinus gigas (174911) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Mongolia | Palaeoscaptor gigas (75588 180971) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Mongolia (Övörkhangai) | Palaeoscaptor gigas (182078 182085) |