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Molassitherium delemontense
Taxonomy
Molassitherium delemontense was named by Becker et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MJSN POI007–245, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Poillat, which is in a Rupelian channel mudstone in Switzerland.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Molassitherium delemontense Becker 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.
†Molassitherium delemontense Becker et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | France | Molassitherium delemontense (183352) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Germany | Molassitherium delemontense (183353 183354) | |
| Rupelian | Switzerland (Canton Jura) | Molassitherium delemontense (type locality: 183351) | |
| Rupelian | Switzerland (Canton Basel-Landschaft) | Epiaceratherium magnum (182622) | |
| Oligocene | Italy (Cuneo) | Molassitherium delemontense (193759) |