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Taxonomy
Selvamys paulus was named by Boivin et al. (2018). Its type specimen is MUSM 2960, a tooth (Right M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shapaja (TAR-22), which is in an Oligocene floodplain conglomerate in the Pozo Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Selvamys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Selvamys paulus 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.
†Selvamys paulus Boivin 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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | Selvamys paulus (type locality: 199563) |