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Testudo phosphoritarum
Taxonomy
Testudo phosphoritarum was named by Rage (1988). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.
It was recombined as Cheirogaster phosphoritarum by Rage (2006).
It was recombined as Cheirogaster phosphoritarum by Rage (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Testudo phosphoritarum Rage 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: MP 28 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Testudo phosphoritarum (type locality: 179194) | |
| MP 28 | France (Quercy) | Cheirogaster phosphoritarum (36712) |