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Thyroptera robusta
Taxonomy
Thyroptera robusta was named by Czaplewski (1997). It is extant. Its type specimen is IGM 252876, a tooth (right upper M1). Its type locality is Duke Locality 22, which is in a Laventan fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1997 | Thyroptera robusta Czaplewski |
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Thyroptera robusta Czaplewski 1997
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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N. J. Czaplewski 1997 | Thyroptera with large teeth, exceeding the teeth of T. tricolor (and the La Venta fossils hereir refered to T. cf. T. tricolor) in measurements by about 4 - 32%. The teeth of T. robusta esceed those T. discifera in variuos dimensions by 21 - 50%. |