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Megascyliorhinus trelewensis
Taxonomy
Megascyliorhinus trelewensis was named by Cione (1986). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern cliffs, which is in a Burdigalian/Miocene marine sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Megascyliorhinus trelewensis Cione |
| 2006 | Megascyliorhinus trelewensis Suarez et al. p. 10 figs. 5g-k |
| 2019 | Megascyliorhinus trelewensis VillafanĖa et al. p. 13 figs. 8A-C |
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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.
†Megascyliorhinus trelewensis Cione 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.45000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Megascyliorhinus trelewensis (46980 241730 277316) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile (Bio-Bio) | Megascyliorhinus trelewensis (277319) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile | Megascyliorhinus trelewensis (179976) | |
| Burdigalian - Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Megascyliorhinus trelewensis (type locality: 133690) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Megascyliorhinus trelewensis (140010) |