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Riostegotherium yanei
Taxonomy
Riostegotherium yanei was named by Oliveira and Bergqvist (1998). Its type specimen is MCN-PV 1774, an osteoderm (pelvic osteoderm), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Riostegotherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Riostegotherium yanei Oliveira and Bergqvist |
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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.
†Riostegotherium yanei Oliveira and Bergqvist 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Riostegotherium yanei (type locality: 118314) |