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Falcontoxodon aguilerai
Taxonomy
Falcontoxodon aguilerai was named by Carrillo et al. (2018). Its type specimen is AMU-CURS 765, a skull (Skull with left I1 and P3–M3 and right P3–M1 in situ, and associated right I2, M2, and M3. Alveoli of the other teeth are preserved. Mandible with complete dent), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Algodones Member, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial sandstone in the Codore Formation of Venezuela. It is the type species of Falcontoxodon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Falcontoxodon aguilerai Carrillo et al. p. 25 fig. 14,16 |
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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.
†Falcontoxodon aguilerai Carrillo et al. 2018
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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: MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Toxodontidae indet. (122033) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Falcontoxodon aguilerai (type locality: 195172) |