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Paleotomus radagasti
Taxonomy
Niphredil radagasti was named by Van Valen (1978) [genotype]. Its type locality is Cedar Point Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Paleotomus radagasti by Krause and Gingerich (1983).
It was recombined as Paleotomus radagasti by Krause and Gingerich (1983).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Niphredil radagasti Van Valen |
| 1980 | Niphredil radagasti Gingerich p. 451 |
| 1983 | Paleotomus radagasti Krause and Gingerich |
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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.
†Paleotomus radagasti Van Valen 1978
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Tiffanian or 59.24000 to 57.50000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Niphredil radagasti (14944 type locality: 15017) Paleotomus radagasti (190402) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Paleotomus radagasti (15024) |