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Heptodon minimus
Taxonomy
Heptodon minimus was named by Qi (1987). Its type specimen is IVPP V5732, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huheboerhe (lower Arshanto), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Arshanto Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Heptodon minimus Qi p. 34 fig. 26 |
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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.
†Heptodon minimus Qi 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Heptodon minimus (type locality: 174920) |