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Maximucinus muirheadae
Taxonomy
Maximucinus muirheadae was named by Wroe (2001). Its type specimen is QM F30331, a set of teeth (right upper M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ringtail Site, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian fluvial horizon in Australia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Maximucinus muirheadae Wroe p. 604 |
| 2019 | Maximucinus muirheadae Rovinsky et al. p. 12 |
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†Maximucinus muirheadae Wroe 2001
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. S. Rovinsky et al. 2019 | mid-sized thylacinid; all following features referring to M2: stylar cusps B and D well-developed and laterally compressed; anterior cingulum is continuous with the preparacrista; very small protoconule and metaconule. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Maximucinus murheadae (type locality: 92641) |