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Nanoastegotherium prostatum
Taxonomy
Nanoastegotherium prostatum was named by Carlini et al. (1997). Its type specimen is IGM 183912, an osteoderm (Numerous isolated dorsal carapace scutes), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Duke Locality 70 (La Venta Fauna), which is in a Laventan fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the La Victoria Formation of Colombia. It is the type species of Nanoastegotherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Nanoastegotherium prostatum Carlini et al. p. 216 fig. 13.1A |
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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.
†Nanoastegotherium prostatum Carlini et al. 1997
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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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Laventan or 13.80000 to 11.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Laventan | Colombia | Nanoastegotherium prostatum (13653) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Nanoastegotherium prostatum (type locality: 13650) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila Department) | Nanoastegotherium prostatum (12972) |