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Proteropithecia neuquenensis
Taxonomy
Propithecia neuquenensis was named by Kay et al. (1998). Its type specimen is MLP 91-IX-1-125, a tooth (Right m1 or m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cañadon del Tordillo, which is in a Colloncuran terrestrial tuff in the Collón Cura Formation of Argentina.
It was recombined as Proteropithecia neuquenensis by Kay et al. (1999) and Kay et al. (1999).
It was recombined as Proteropithecia neuquenensis by Kay et al. (1999) and Kay et al. (1999).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Propithecia neuquenensis Kay et al. p. 320 figs. 2 D, E |
| 1999 | Proteropithecia neuquenensis Kay et al. |
| 1999 | Proteropithecia neuquenensis Kay and et al |
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†Proteropithecia neuquenensis Kay et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: s = species, g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Kay et al. 1998, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Colloncuran or 15.50000 to 13.80000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Colloncuran | Argentina (Neuquén) | Propithecia neuquenensis (type locality: 141175) |