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Helioseus insolitus
Taxonomy
Helioseus insolitus was named by Sudre (1979). Its type specimen is GL2-1, a mandible (with dP/3 & P/4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gour Lazib HGL90, which is in an Eocene/Eocene fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Glib Zegdou Formation of Algeria. It is the type species of Helioseus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Helioseus insolitus Sudre p. 100 |
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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.
†Helioseus insolitus Sudre 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian - Lutetian | Algeria (Bechar region) | Helioseus insolitus (77014 77015 77016 77018) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | Algeria (Bechar) | Helioseus insolitus (type locality: 36613) |