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Heligmotoma libycum
Taxonomy
Melongena (Heligmotoma) nilotica libycum was named by Mayer-Eymar (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Paleocene; Northern Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Heligmotoma libycum by Oppenheim (1906), Abbass (1967).
It was recombined as Heligmotoma libycum by Oppenheim (1906), Abbass (1967).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Melongena (Heligmotoma) nilotica libycum Mayer-Eymar |
| 1906 | Heligmotoma libycum Oppenheim p. 321 |
| 1967 | Heligmotoma libycum Abbass p. 89 |
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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.
†Heligmotoma libycum Mayer-Eymar 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Paleocene or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Paleocene | Egypt (Western Desert) | Heligmotoma libycum (3146) | |
| Paleocene | Egypt | Heligmotoma libycum (2952) |