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Meschotherium meschethicum
Taxonomy
Meschotherium meschethicum was named by Gabunia (1964). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Benara, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in Georgia. It is the type species of Meschotherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Meschotherium meschethicum Gabunia |
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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.
†Meschotherium meschethicum Gabunia 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Georgia | Meschotherium meschethicum (type locality: 182744) |