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Archaeonycteris praecursor
Taxonomy
Archaeonycteris praecursor was named by Tabuce et al. (2009). Its type specimen is UNLSNC-447, a tooth (right lower m1 or m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Silveirinha clay pit, which is in an Eocene crevasse splay conglomerate/siliciclastic in the Silveirinha Formation of Portugal.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Archaeonycteris praecursor Tabuce 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.
†Archaeonycteris praecursor Tabuce et al. 2009
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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: Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, 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 | Portugal (Região Centro) | Archaeonycteris praecursor (type locality: 79200) |