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Sarcodon pygmaeus
Taxonomy
Sarcodon pygmaeus was named by Matthew and Granger (1925) [based on left M1/]. Its type specimen is AMNH 20427, a tooth (Upper molar), 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 Sarcodon.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Sarcodon pygmaeus Matthew and Granger p. 11 fig. 14 |
| 1929 | Opisthopsalis vetus Matthew et al. |
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†Sarcodon pygmaeus Matthew and Granger 1925
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Invalid names: Opisthopsalis vetus Matthew et al. 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Sarcodon pygmaeus (133389) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Sarcodon pygmaeus (37008) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omngov) | Sarcodon pygmaeus, Opisthopsalis vetus (type locality: 133403) |