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Plesiomeryx huerzeleri
Taxonomy
Plesiomeryx huerzeleri was named by Berger (1959). Its type specimen is BSP1952 II 1149, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gaimersheim, which is in a MP 28 fissure fill horizon in Germany.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1959 | Plesiomeryx huerzeleri Berger |
| 2007 | Plesiomeryx huerzeleri Erfurt and Metais p. 71 |
| 2019 | Plesiomeryx huerzeleri Weppe et al. |
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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.
†Plesiomeryx huerzeleri Berger 1959
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Berger 1959 | Species of Plesiomeryx that appears similar to P. cadurcensis, but is larger. The fronto-nasal suture is short. The lingual cingulum of P/3 is missing. The lingual and labial cones of P/4 reach the same level. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||