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Taxonomy
Saheloryx solidus was named by Geraads et al. (2008). Its type specimen is TM108-00-0, a skull (cranium with bases of horn-cores), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Saheloryx solidus Geraads et al. pp. 236 - 238 figs. 4A-E |
| 2010 | Saheloryx solidus Gentry p. 779 |
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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.
†Saheloryx solidus Geraads et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. Geraads et al. 2008 | An hippotragine of rather large size, with a low, broad braincase, rounded in antero-posterior and transverse directions, a low occipital surface facing mainly posteriorly, a basioccipital with anterior tuberosities reaching the level of the foramen ovale, horn-cores uprightly inserted and wide apart, slightly divergent and slightly curved backward, without transverse ridges, no sinus in frontal and horn-core pedicle, and su praorbital foramina in wide depressions, teeth similar to those of Tchadotragus. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available