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Albertatherium primus
Taxonomy
Albertatherium primus was named by Fox (1971). Its type specimen is UALVP 5528, a tooth (RM3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-6), which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Milk River Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Albertatherium.
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1971 | Albertatherium primus Fox |
| 1979 | Albertatherium primus Clemens p. 193 |
| 1995 | Albertatherium primus Johanson p. 595 |
| 2004 | Albertatherium primum Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 453 |
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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.
†Albertatherium primus Fox 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | Albertatherium primus (14423 type locality: 14425 108197) | |
| Santonian | USA (Montana) | Albertatherium primus (181582) |