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Taxonomy
Messiphoca mauretanica was named by Muizon (1981) [No type specimen number is listed by Muizon (1981).]. Its type specimen is ORN 1, a partial skeleton (humerus, radius, ulna, vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Raz-el-Ain, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in the Raz-el-Ain Formation of Algeria.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1981 | Messiphoca mauretanica Muizon p. 183 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 6 & 7 |
| 2001 | Messiphoca mauretanica Koretsky p. 86 |
| 2010 | Messiphoca mauretanica Werdelin and Peigne p. 648 |
| 2014 | Messiphoca mauretanica Koretsky and Domning p. 227 |
| 2015 | Messiphoca mauretanica Berta et al. p. 3 figs. Table 1 |
| 2022 | Messiphoca mauretanica Berta et al. p. 7 figs. Table 1.1 |
| 2024 | Messiphoca mauretanica Rule and Park p. 10 figs. Table 2 |
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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.
†Messiphoca mauretanica Muizon 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003 | |||||