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Megaleptictis altidens
Discussion
Uncertain if type specimen is from the latest Eocene (Chadronian) or earliest Oligocene (Orellan)
Taxonomy
Megaleptictis altidens was named by Meehan and Martin (2012). Its type specimen is KUVP 2568, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Megaleptictis altidens Meehan and Martin pp. 510-515 figs. 1-5 |
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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.
†Megaleptictis altidens Meehan and Martin 2012
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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: Meehan and Martin 2010, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Orellan or 33.90000 to 31.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian - Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Megaleptictis altidens (154199) | |
| Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Megaleptictis altidens (163487) |