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Orthaspidotherium
Taxonomy
Orthaspidotherium was named by Lemoine (1885). It is not extant. Its type is Orthaspidotherium edwardsi.
It was assigned to Meniscotheriidae by Carroll (1988); to Pleuraspidotheriinae by Zack et al. (2005); and to Pleuraspidotheriidae by Ladevèze et al. (2010) and Halliday et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Meniscotheriidae by Carroll (1988); to Pleuraspidotheriinae by Zack et al. (2005); and to Pleuraspidotheriidae by Ladevèze et al. (2010) and Halliday et al. (2017).
Species
O. edwardsi (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1885 | Orthaspidotherium Lemoine |
1988 | Orthaspidotherium Carroll |
2005 | Orthaspidotherium Zack et al. |
2010 | Orthaspidotherium Ladevèze et al. p. 1560 |
2017 | Orthaspidotherium Halliday et al. p. 527 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |