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Quercylurus major
Taxonomy
Quercylurus major was named by Ginsburg (1979). Its type specimen is MNHN QU 9477, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (old collections - Oligocene), which is in an Oligocene/Oligocene karst phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France. It is the type species of Quercylurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Quercylurus major Piveteau |
| 1979 | Quercylurus major Ginsburg |
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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.
†Quercylurus major Ginsburg 1979
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Martin 1998 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the MP 25 or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP 23 | France (Quercy) | Quercylurus major (179147) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Quercylurus major (type locality: 184039) | |
| Chattian | France | Quercylurus major (60281) | |
| MP 25 | Spain (Cuenca) | Quercylurus major (184097) |