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Megapedetes
Taxonomy
Megapedetes was named by MacInnes (1957). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Pedetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Pedetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1957 | Megapedetes MacInnes |
| 1997 | Megapedetes McKenna and Bell |
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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.
G. †Megapedetes MacInnes 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Serravallian or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattian | Kenya | M. sp. (27855) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Uganda | M. pentadactylus (21723) | |
| Burdigalian | Saudi Arabia | M. pentadactylus (47069 47095) | |
| Burdigalian | Uganda | M. pentadactylus (192070) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | M. pentadactylus (87341) M. sp. (27857) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | M. sp. (22069 22078) | |
| Middle Miocene | Namibia | M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (21855) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | M. sp. (21340) |