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Megistonyx oreobios
Taxonomy
Megistonyx oreobios was named by McDonald et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MBLUZ-P-1668, a skull (almost complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Megistonyx.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Megistonyx oreobios McDonald et al. p. 1228 figs. Figs. 2-4 |
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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.
†Megistonyx oreobios McDonald et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Venezuela (Zulia) | Megistonyx oreobios (199778) |