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Carnilestes major
Taxonomy
Carnilestes major was named by Wang and Zhai (1995). Its type specimen is IVPP V 10492, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fengmenao, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Shanghu Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Carnilestes major Wang and Zhai p. 138 |
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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.
†Carnilestes major Wang and Zhai 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Paleocene or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Paleocene | China (Guangdong) | Carnilestes major (type locality: 132961) |