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Pliodasypus vergelianus (armadillo)
Taxonomy
Pliodasypus vergelianus was named by Castro et al. (2014). Its type specimen is AMU-CURS 192A, an osteoderm (A complete buckler osteoderm), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Norte Casa Chiguaje, which is in a Pliocene fluvial conglomerate/sandstone in the San Gregorio Formation of Venezuela. It is the type species of Pliodasypus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Pliodasypus vergelianus Castro 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.
†Pliodasypus vergelianus Castro et al. 2014 [armadillo]
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Pliodasypus vergelianus (type locality: 122033) |