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Dicamptodon antiquus
Taxonomy
Dicamptodon antiquus was named by Naylor and Fox (1993). Its type specimen is UALVP 32387, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UALVP Location 1, which is in a Paleocene lacustrine shale in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Dicamptodon antiquus Naylor and Fox p. 814 |
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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.
†Dicamptodon antiquus Naylor and Fox 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Paleocene or 58.70000 to 56.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paleocene | Canada (Alberta) | Dicamptodon antiquus (24926) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Canada (Alberta) | Dicamptodon antiquus (type locality: 133214) |