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Apatemys pygmaeus
Taxonomy
Apatemys pygmaeus was named by Beard and Dawson (2009). Its type specimen is CM 70442, a tooth (right M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Hot, which is in a Wasatchian estuary/bay sandstone in the Tuscahoma Formation of Mississippi.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Apatemys pygmaeus Beard and Dawson p. 200 fig. 6 |
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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.
†Apatemys pygmaeus Beard and Dawson 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Tanaka and Taruno 2019 | |||||
Age range: Wasatchian or 56.00000 to 51.10000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | USA (Mississippi) | Apatemys sp. (type locality: 15719) |