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Orycteropus chemeldoi
Taxonomy
Orycteropus chemeldoi was named by Pickford (1975). Its type specimen is KNM BN 544, a mandible (left mandibular ramus with P2-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Orycteropus chemeldoi Pickford 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lehmann et al. 2005 | |||||
Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian | Kenya | Orycteropus chemeldoi (21719) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya | Orycteropus chemeldoi (22287) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Uganda | Orycteropus chemeldoi (22445) |