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Rhineura sepultura
Taxonomy
Rhineura sepultura was named by Holman (1979). Its type specimen is SDSM 8200, a mandible (almost complete left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Black Bear Quarry II, which is in a Hemingfordian coarse channel fill conglomerate in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Rhineura sepultura Holman |
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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.
†Rhineura sepultura Holman 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Pianka and Vitt 2003 | |||||
Age range: Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | Rhineura sepultura (type locality: 17878) |