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Libycosaurus bahri
Taxonomy
Libycosaurus bahri was named by Lihoreau et al. (2014). Its type specimen is TM 258-01-32, a skull (cranium of an adult male (see below for sex identification), lacking premaxilla and basi- cranium, with left C, left and right PX-4/ alveoli, left M1- 3/ roots ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Toros-Melina (TM 258), which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in Chad.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2014 | Libycosaurus bahri Lihoreau et al. |
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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.
†Libycosaurus bahri Lihoreau et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Kron and Manning 1998 |
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Miocene | Chad | Libycosaurus bahri (type locality: 230315) |