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Arctodictis munizi
Taxonomy
Arctodictis munizi was named by Mercerat (1891). Its type specimen is MLP 11-85, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with canine and p1-m4, and part of right ramus with roots of canine and p1-2 and a near-complete p3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte León, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Artodictis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Arctodictis munizi Mercerat |
| 2004 | Arctodictis munizi Forasiepi 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.
†Arctodictis munizi Mercerat 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Goin 1997, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Arctodictis munizi (27313 142533 type locality: 176563 176587 176603 206242) |