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Palaeophyllophora tunisiensis
Taxonomy
Palaeophyllophora tunisiensis was named by Ravel et al. (2016). Its type specimen is CBI-1-245, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jebel Chambi, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian lacustrine limestone in the Chambi Formation of Tunisia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Palaeophyllophora tunisiensis Ravel et al. p. 368 figs. Figs 6, 7 ; Tableau 2 |
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†Palaeophyllophora tunisiensis Ravel et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Ravel et al. 2016 | Espèce caractérisée par l’absence de mésostyle et de postprotocrête sur M1-2. Le protocône de ces mêmes dents est très volumineux. Le cingulum linguodistal rejoint le postcin- gulum. Le talonide des m1-2 est bien développé, aussi long et large que le trigonide. Cuspides du t |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian - Lutetian | Tunisia | Palaeophyllophora tunisiensis (type locality: 87795) |