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Maotherium sinensis
Taxonomy
Maotherium sinensis was named by Rougier et al. (2003). Its type specimen is NGMC-97-4-15, a skeleton (Fully articulated skeleton in a dorsal view with hair and body contour impressions), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Maotherium type locality, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Maotherium sinensis Rougier |
| 2003 | Maotherium sinensis Rougier 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.
†Maotherium sinensis Rougier et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Maotherium sinensis (type locality: 115646) |