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Trapalcotherium matuastensis
Taxonomy
Trapalcotherium matuastensis was named by Rougier et al. (2009). Its type specimen is MML-Pv 16, a tooth (left m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Tortuga, Bajo Trapalcó, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/siltstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Trapalcotherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Trapalcotherium matuastensis Rougier et al. p. 232 fig. 9 |
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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.
†Trapalcotherium matuastensis Rougier et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Trapalcotherium matuastensis (type locality: 48999) |