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Metatelmatherium cristatum
Taxonomy
Metatelmatherium cristatum was named by Granger and Gregory (1938). Its type specimen is AMNH 26411, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Irdin Manha Beds (1930 AMNH Eudinoceras site), which is in an Irdinmanhan terrestrial horizon in China.
It was synonymized subjectively with Metatelmatherium ultimum by Mihlbachler (2008).
It was synonymized subjectively with Metatelmatherium ultimum by Mihlbachler (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Metatelmatherium cristatum Granger and Gregory |
| 2008 | Metatelmatherium cristatum Mader p. 8 |
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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.
†Metatelmatherium cristatum Granger and Gregory 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Mader 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: Irdinmanhan or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irdinmanhan | China (Nei Mongol) | Metatelmatherium cristatum (type locality: 72183) |