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Plesiaceratherium gracile
Taxonomy
Plesiaceratherium gracile was named by Young (1937). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang Bed sw2, Linchu district, Shantung province, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China. It is the type species of Plesiaceratherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Plesiaceratherium gracile Young |
| 2000 | Plesiaceratherium gracile Antoine et al. p. 251 |
| 2013 | Plesiaceratherium gracile Lu |
| 2016 | Plesiaceratherium gracile Lu 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.
†Plesiaceratherium gracile Young 1937
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Plesiaceratherium gracile (type locality: 41810 43398) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Hebei) | Plesiaceratherium gracile (38674) |