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Taxonomy
Microberardius africanus was named by Bianucci et al. (2007). Its type specimen is SAMP PQ 3003, a partial skull (partial skull including the anteriorly worn rostrum, most of the dorsal surface of the cranium and the nearly complete vertex), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern Africa, offshore, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine phosphorite in South Africa. It is the type species of Microberardius.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Microberardius africanus Bianucci et al. p. 565 figs. Fig. 2, 3 |
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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.
†Microberardius africanus Bianucci et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 15.97000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Microberardius africanus (type locality: 77208) |