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Metaxytherium arctodites
Taxonomy
Metaxytherium arctodites was named by Aranda-Manteca et al. (1994). Its type specimen is FCM 3693, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Mision, which is in a Langhian offshore shelf sandstone in the Rosarito Beach Formation of Mexico.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Metaxytherium arctodites Aranda-Manteca et al. p. 192 figs. Figures 4-9 |
| 1996 | Metaxytherium arctodites Domning p. 385 |
| 2008 | Metaxytherium arctodites Domning |
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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.
†Metaxytherium arctodites Aranda-Manteca et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Domning 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | Metaxytherium arctodites (type locality: 52183) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Metaxytherium arctodites (58488) |