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Orthoarthrus mixtus
Taxonomy
Orthoarthrus mixtus was named by Ameghino (1904). Its type specimen is MLP 69-IX-5-16, a limb element (left astragalus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Cruz Formation, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Orthoarthrus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1904 | Orthoarthrus mixtus Ameghino p. 130 |
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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.
†Orthoarthrus mixtus Ameghino 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Orthoarthrus mixtus (type locality: 27313) |