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Maelestes gobiensis
Taxonomy
Maelestes gobiensis was named by Wible et al. (2007). Its type specimen is PSS-MAE 607, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull, left mandible, atlas, axis, vertebrae, ribs, forelimb, and astragalus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maelestes type locality, Ukhaa Tolgod, which is in a Campanian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Maelestes gobiensis Wible et al. p. 1003 |
| 2009 | Maelestes gobiensis Wible et al. |
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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.
†Maelestes gobiensis Wible et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia | Maelestes gobiensis (type locality: 87870) |