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Taxonomy
Eozapus similis was named by Fahlbusch (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IVPP V 7313, a tooth (m1 inf .sin.). Its type locality is Ertemte 2, which is in a Miocene lacustrine horizon in China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Eozapus similis Fahlbusch p. 201 figs. Pl. 1 fig. 1 |
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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.
†Eozapus similis Fahlbusch 1992
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| V. Fahlbusch 1992 | Species of Eozapus, distinctly smaller than E. setchuanus (Pousargues 1896) but similar in morphology; m1 relatively larger, m2 comparatively short, m3 not as shortened (compared to m2); mesoconid-mesolophid-complex separated from protoconid-metaconid-complex or connected to back of protoconid; mesolophid-metaconid connection never seen. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Eozapus similis (type locality: 68591) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Eozapus similis (68592) |