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Archaeohyrax patagonicus
Taxonomy
Archaeohyrax patagonicus was named by Ameghino (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deseadan of Patagonia, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Archaeohyrax.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1897 | Archaeohyrax patagonicus Ameghino p. 433 fig. 14–16 |
2009 | Archaeohyrax patagonicus Billet 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.
†Archaeohyrax patagonicus Ameghino 1897
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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G. Billet et al. 2009 | Differs from A. suniensis in: larger size; a larger facial extent of the premaxillaries, exceeding the level of the canine posteriorly; a greater number
of teeth exhibiting simultaneously a fossette or fos- setid (i.e. P3-M2 & p3-m2 in A. suniensis, P2-M3 & p2-m3 in A. patagonicus); less hypsodont cheek teeth; second mental foramen situated less anterior than in A. suniensis; stylomastoid foramen less aproximated to the tympanohyal recess. |