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Palaeosteiromys amazonensis
Taxonomy
Palaeosteiromys amazonensis was named by Boivin et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MUSM 2865, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CTA-32, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine claystone/conglomerate in the Chambira Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Palaeosteiromys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Palaeosteiromys amazonensis Boivin 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.
†Palaeosteiromys amazonensis Boivin et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
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 |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Loreto) | Erethizontidae n. sp. 2 (176130) |