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Taxonomy
Plesiosteiromys newelli was named by Boivin et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MUSM 2893, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CTA-61, which is in an Oligocene channel conglomerate in the Chambira Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Plesiosteiromys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Plesiosteiromys newelli 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.
†Plesiosteiromys newelli Boivin et al. 2017
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
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 (176147) |