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Epidolops ameghinoi
Taxonomy
Epidolops ameghinoi was named by Paula Couto (1952) [Skull description found in Beck (2017)]. Its type specimen is DGM 321-M, a partial skull (Almost complete but much crushed and flattened skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Epidolops.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Epidolops ameghinoi Paula Couto p. 7 |
| 1952 | Epidolops gracilis Paula Couto p. 7 |
| 1982 | Epidolops ameghinoi Marshall |
| 2017 | Epidolops ameghinoi Beck |
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†Epidolops ameghinoi Paula Couto 1952
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Invalid names: Epidolops gracilis Paula Couto 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 514.50000 to 506.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Epidolops ameghinoi, Epidolops gracilis (type locality: 118314) |