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Taxonomy
Wadilemur elegans was named by Simons (1997). Its type specimen is CGM 42211, a mandible (right mandible with P3-M3 and partial ascending ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Wadilemur.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Wadilemur elegans Simons |
| 2005 | Wadilemur elegans Seiffert et al. p. 11396 |
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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.
†Wadilemur elegans Simons 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||