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Procavia pliocenica
Taxonomy
Procavia pliocenica was named by Pickford (2005). Its type specimen is PQ L 23564, a mandible (mandible with both bodies but lacking incisors), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lang. E Quarry-PPM 3aN, which is in a Zanclean floodplain sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Procavia pliocenica Pickford p. 152 figs. Figs. 10 & 11 |
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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.
†Procavia pliocenica Pickford 2005
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||