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Holmesina occidentalis
Taxonomy
Chlamytherium occidentale was named by Hoffstetter (1952). Its type specimen is EPN V 117, a maxilla (right maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Pampatherium occidentalis by Paula Couto (1954); it was recombined as Hoffstetteria occidentalis by Castellanos (1957); it was recombined as Holmesina occidentalis by Hoffstetter (1953), Edmund (1996), Rincón et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Pampatherium occidentalis by Paula Couto (1954); it was recombined as Hoffstetteria occidentalis by Castellanos (1957); it was recombined as Holmesina occidentalis by Hoffstetter (1953), Edmund (1996), Rincón et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Chlamytherium occidentale Hoffstetter |
| 1953 | Holmesina occidentalis Hoffstetter |
| 1954 | Pampatherium occidentalis Paula Couto |
| 1957 | Hoffstetteria occidentalis Castellanos |
| 1996 | Holmesina occidentalis Edmund p. 312 |
| 2008 | Holmesina occidentalis Rincón et al. p. 202 |
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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.
†Holmesina occidentalis Hoffstetter 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Venezuela (Monagas) | Holmesina occidentalis (144977) | |
| Pleistocene | Ecuador (Guayas) | Holmesina occidentalis (213191) | |
| Lujanian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Holmesina occidentalis (113601) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador (Santa Elena) | Chlamytherium occidentale (133630) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Holmesina occidentalis (190064) |