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Desmatolagus simplex
Taxonomy
Agispelagus simplex was named by Argyropulo (1940). Its type specimen is PIN, no. 210/609, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Akespe, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial shale/claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.
It was synonymized subjectively with Desmatolagus robustus by Sych (1975); it was recombined as Desmatolagus simplex by Lopatin (1998) and Bendukidze et al. (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Desmatolagus robustus by Sych (1975); it was recombined as Desmatolagus simplex by Lopatin (1998) and Bendukidze et al. (2009).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Agispelagus simplex Argyropulo p. 76 |
| 1998 | Desmatolagus simplex Lopatin |
| 2009 | Desmatolagus simplex Bendukidze et al. p. 347 |
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†Desmatolagus simplex Argyropulo 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available