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Glossotherium tropicorum
Taxonomy
Glossotherium tropicorum was named by Hoffstetter (1952). Its type specimen is MNHN LAR 237 (formerly EPN V. 1230), a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Carolina, which is in a Pleistocene estuary/bay sandstone/tar in Ecuador.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Glossotherium tropicorum Hoffstetter p. 80 figs. 16 D, E, F and Plate II fig. 4,5,5a, 6 |
| 2017 | Glossotherium tropicorum De Iuliis et al. |
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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.
†Glossotherium tropicorum Hoffstetter 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Lujanian or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lujanian | Peru (Piura) | Glossotherium robustum (145500) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Glossotherium indet. (190069) Glossotherium tropicorum (190064 190067) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador (Santa Elena) | Glossotherium tropicorum (type locality: 133630) |