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Altilambda pactus
Taxonomy
Altilambda pactus was named by Chow and Wang (1978). Its type specimen is IVPP V5228, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mao’an (71075), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Wanghudun Formation of China. It is the type species of Altilambda.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Altilambda pactus Chow and Wang |
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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.
†Altilambda pactus Chow and Wang 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Paleocene or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | China (Guangdong) | Altilambda pactus (179229) | |
| Middle Paleocene | China (Guangdong) | Altilambda pactus (176606) | |
| Middle Paleocene | China (Anhui) | Altilambda pactus (type locality: 179228) |