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Viriosomys jingweni
Taxonomy
Viriosomys jingweni was named by Tong (1997). Its type specimen is IVPP V10254, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shipigou, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hetaoyuan Formation of China. It is the type species of Viriosomys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Viriosomys jingweni Tong |
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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.
†Viriosomys jingweni Tong 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Henan) | Viriosomys jingweni (type locality: 174738) |