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Prionessus lucifer
Taxonomy
Prionessus lucifer was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). Its type specimen is AMNH 20423, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gashato (AMNH), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Khashat Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Prionessus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1925 | Prionessus lucifer Matthew and Granger |
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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.
†Prionessus lucifer Matthew and Granger 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omngov) | Prionessus lucifer (133008 type locality: 133403) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Prionessus lucifer (133389) |