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Metopotherium
Taxonomy
Metopotherium was named by Ameghino (1891). Its type is Metopotherium splendens. It is the type genus of Metopotherini.
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Ameghino (1891); and to Metopotherini by Ameghino (1894).
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Ameghino (1891); and to Metopotherini by Ameghino (1894).
Species
M. splendens (type species)
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available