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Taxonomy
Darwinius masillae was named by Franzen et al. (2009). Its type specimen is PMO 214.214, a skeleton (part and counterpart of complete skeleton), and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Messel, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine shale in the Messel Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Darwinius.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Darwinius masillae Franzen et al. p. 5 |
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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.
†Darwinius masillae Franzen et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||