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Taxonomy
Dimylus was named by von Meyer (1846). It is not extant. Its type is Dimylus paradoxus.
It was assigned to Dimylinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Dimylidae by von Meyer (1846), Carroll (1988).
It was assigned to Dimylinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Dimylidae by von Meyer (1846), Carroll (1988).
Species
D. paradoxus (type species)
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the MN 1 to the top of the Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MN 1 | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | D. paradoxus (69617) | |
| Aquitanian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | D. paradoxus (52566) | |
| MN 2 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | D. paradoxus (66138) | |
| MN 2 | Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) | D. paradoxus (69606) |