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Metaxytherium riveroi
Taxonomy
Metaxytherium riveroi was named by Varona (1972). Its type specimen is DPUH 1255, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Antonio de Cabezas, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Guines Formation of Cuba.
It was synonymized subjectively with Metaxytherium crataegense by Domning (1996).
It was synonymized subjectively with Metaxytherium crataegense by Domning (1996).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Metaxytherium riveroi Varona p. 6 |
| 2008 | Metaxytherium riveroi 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 riveroi Varona 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Domning 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Cuba | Metaxytherium riveroi (type locality: 65038) |