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Myorycteropus
Taxonomy
Myorycteropus was named by MacInnes (1955).
It was assigned to Orycteropodidae by MacInnes (1955), Carroll (1988); and to Orycteropodinae by Patterson (1975), Lehmann (2007).
It was assigned to Orycteropodidae by MacInnes (1955), Carroll (1988); and to Orycteropodinae by Patterson (1975), Lehmann (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
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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: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | M. africanus (96089) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | M. africanus (21725) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | M. sp. (21340) |