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Moeritherium gracile
Taxonomy
Moeritherium gracile was named by Andrews (1902). Its type specimen is CGM C.10003, a skull (partial skull (palate)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beadnell Section, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Moeritherium gracile Andrews p. 292 |
| 1906 | Moeritherium gracile Andrews p. 127 |
| 1978 | Moeritherium gracile Tobien |
| 2006 | Moeritherium gracile Delmer et al. p. 424 |
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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.
†Moeritherium gracile Andrews 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Egypt | Moeritherium gracile (type locality: 79700) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | Egypt (Fayum) | Moeritherium gracile (65960) |