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Tafimys powelli
Taxonomy
Tafimys powelli was named by Ortiz et al. (2000). Its type specimen is PVL 4825, a maxilla (Anterior fragment of the skull with incisors and both molars toothrows ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Angostura, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial sandstone in the Tafí del Valle Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Tafimys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Tafimys powelli Ortiz et al. p. 38 figs. 1a, 2 |
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†Tafimys powelli Ortiz et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Mandible at m1 height | 29 | 4.84 |
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| Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ortiz et al. 2000, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Tafimys powelli (213027) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | Tafimys powelli (216692) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Tucuman) | Tafimys powelli (type locality: 141182) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (Tucuman) | Tafimys powelli (216696) |