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Acdestis
Taxonomy
Acdestis was named by Ameghino (1887).
It was assigned to Epanorthidae by Ameghino (1891); to Decastidae by Ameghino (1894); to Caenolestidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Palaeothentidae by Goin et al. (2009) and Abello et al. (2012); and to Decastinae by Engelman et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Epanorthidae by Ameghino (1891); to Decastidae by Ameghino (1894); to Caenolestidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Palaeothentidae by Goin et al. (2009) and Abello et al. (2012); and to Decastinae by Engelman et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Acdestis Ameghino p. 5 |
| 1891 | Acdestis Ameghino p. 18 |
| 1894 | Acdestis Ameghino p. 86 |
| 1997 | Acdestis McKenna and Bell |
| 2009 | Acdestis Goin et al. |
| 2012 | Acdestis Abello et al. |
| 2017 | Acdestis Engelman 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.
G. †Acdestis Ameghino 1887
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†Acdestis elatus Ameghino 1891
†Acdestis lemairei Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Acdestis maddeni Goin et al. 2003
†Acdestis oweni Ameghino 1887
†Acdestis parvus Ameghino 1891
†Acdestis spegazzinii Ameghino 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Laventan or 17.50000 to 11.00000 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. oweni (59133 59319 59320) A. oweni, A. lemairei (59321 59323) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. oweni (59332 87314 176565 176576 176580 176582 176590 176594 210638 210786) A. oweni, A. lemairei (144940) A. owenii (59333 59334 176578) A. owenii, A. lemairei (176563 176570 176571) | |
| Laventan | Bolivia (Tarija) | A. maddeni (133664) |