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Palaeoxantusia fera
Taxonomy
Palaeoxantusia fera was named by Hecht (1956). Its type specimen is A.M.N.H. No. 3815, a mandible (left dentary), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hyopsodus Hill, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Palaeoxantusia fera Hecht 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Bridgerian or 63.80000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeoxantusia fera, Contogenys sloani (14886) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | Palaeoxantusia fera (14874 14906) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (New Mexico) | Palaeoxantusia fera (15453) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeoxantusia fera (type locality: 16244) |