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Plecotus alleganiensis
Taxonomy
Corynorhinus alleganiensis was named by Gidley and Gazin (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 12412, a partial skull (skull with incomplete dentition and lacking bullae and zygomatic arches), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.
It was recombined as Plecotus alleganiensis by Martin (1972) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
It was recombined as Plecotus alleganiensis by Martin (1972) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Corynorhinus alleganiensis Gidley and Gazin p. 345 |
| 1972 | Plecotus alleganiensis Martin |
| 1980 | Plecotus alleganiensis Kurten and Anderson p. 124 |
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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.
†Plecotus alleganiensis Gidley and Gazin 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Irvingtonian or 1.80000 to 0.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Corynorhinus alleganiensis, Corynorhinus alleganiensis (type locality: 20302) |