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Paleoamphiuma tetradactylum
Taxonomy
Paleoamphiuma tetradactylum was named by Rieppel and Grande (1998). Its type specimen is FMNH PR1810, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton missing most of one forelimb), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Tynsky Quarry, which is in a Wasatchian lacustrine - large limestone in the Green River Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Paleoamphiuma.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Paleoamphiuma tetradactylum Rieppel and Grande p. 700 |
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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.
†Paleoamphiuma tetradactylum Rieppel and Grande 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Paleoamphiuma tetradactylum (type locality: 15853) |