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Taxonomy
Yuruatherium tropicalis was named by Ciancio et al. (2012). Its type specimen is LACM 150606, an osteoderm (semimovable osteoderm), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Rosa (LACM Loc. 6289), which is in a Rupelian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Yahuarango Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Yuruatherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Yuruatherium tropicalis Ciancio et al. |
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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.
†Yuruatherium tropicalis Ciancio et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||