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Eusmilus bidentatus
Taxonomy
Machairodus bidentatus was named by Filhol (1872). Its type specimen is MNHN QU 9475, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (old collections - early Oligocene), which is in an Oligocene karst phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.
It was recombined as Eusmilus bidentatus by Gervais (1876), Hay (1902), Peigné and Brunet (2001) and de Bonis et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Eusmilus bidentatus by Gervais (1876), Hay (1902), Peigné and Brunet (2001) and de Bonis et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1872 | Machairodus bidentatus Filhol |
1876 | Eusmilus bidentatus Gervais |
1902 | Eusmilus bidentatus Hay p. 778 |
2001 | Eusmilus bidentatus Peigné and Brunet |
2019 | Eusmilus bidentatus de Bonis 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.
†Eusmilus bidentatus Filhol 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Martin 1998 |
Age range: MP 21 or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Machairodus bidentatus (183670) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Limousin) | Eusmilus bidentatus (31753) | |
MP 21 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Eusmilus bidentatus (183669) | |
MP 21 | Germany (Bayern) | Eusmilus bidentatus (183667 183668) | |
MP 22 | France (Midi-Pyrenées) | Eusmilus bidentatus (167537) |