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Taxonomy
Tarapotomys subandinus was named by Boivin et al. (2018). Its type specimen is MUSM 2939, a tooth (Right M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shapaja (TAR-21), which is in a Rupelian/Chattian floodplain sandstone in the Pozo Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Tarapotomys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Tarapotomys subandinus 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.
†Tarapotomys subandinus 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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (San Martín) | Tarapotomys subandinus (225589) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | Tarapotomys subandinus (199563) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Peru | Tarapotomys subandinus (199560 type locality: 199562) |