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Plesiadapis insignis
Taxonomy
Menatotherium insigne was named by Piton (1940). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Menat (Dangeard Bakouline collection, Universite de Lyon 1), which is in a Thanetian crater lake horizon in France.
It was recombined as Plesiadapis insignis by Russell (1967) and Gingerich (1976).
It was recombined as Plesiadapis insignis by Russell (1967) and Gingerich (1976).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1940 | Menatotherium insigne Piton p. 290 |
1967 | Plesiadapis insignis Russell p. 488 |
1976 | Plesiadapis insignis Gingerich p. 34 |
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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.
†Plesiadapis insignis Piton 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available