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Wareolestes rex
Taxonomy
Wareolestes rex was named by Freeman (1979). Its type specimen is FM/K 25, a tooth (single right lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kirtlington 3p (Mammal Bed), which is in a Bathonian mire/swamp marl in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Wareolestes rex Freeman p. 158 figs. Plate 21, figs 1-2 |
| 2004 | Wareolestes rex Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 182 |
| 2016 | Wareolestes rex Butler and Sigogneau-Russel p. 40 |
| 2017 | Wareolestes rex Panciroli et al. p. 374 |
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†Wareolestes rex Freeman 1979
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. F. Freeman 1979 | As for genus [Wareolestes] |