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Obdurodon insignis
Taxonomy
Obdurodon insignis was named by Woodburne and Tedford (1975). Its type specimen is SAM P18087, a tooth (right upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SAM Quarry North, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial sandstone in the Etadunna Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Obdurodon insignis Woodburne and Tedford p. 3 figs. Figures 2-5 |
| 1978 | Obdurodon insignis Archer et al. p. 17 |
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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.
†Obdurodon insignis Woodburne and Tedford 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Luo et al. 2003, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Obdurodon insignis (182109) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Obdurodon insignis (45652 51412 type locality: 95828) |