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Taxonomy
Chubutomys simpsoni was named by Wood and Patterson (1959). Its type specimen is AMNH 29557, a mandible (fragment of left ramus with m2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Chubutomys.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1959 | Chubutomys simpsoni Wood and Patterson p. 366 |
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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.
†Chubutomys simpsoni Wood and Patterson 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 |