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Plesiorycteropus
Taxonomy
Plesiorycteropus was named by Filhol (1895). It is not extant. Its type is Plesiorycteropus madagascariensis.
It was assigned to Plesiorycteropodinae by Patterson (1975); to Orycteropodidae by Pickford (1975) and Carroll (1988); to Bibymalagasia by MacPhee (1994); and to Tenrecoidae by Buckley (2013).
It was assigned to Plesiorycteropodinae by Patterson (1975); to Orycteropodidae by Pickford (1975) and Carroll (1988); to Bibymalagasia by MacPhee (1994); and to Tenrecoidae by Buckley (2013).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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. †Plesiorycteropus Filhol 1895
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†Plesiorycteropus germainepetterae MacPhee 1994
†Plesiorycteropus madagascariensis Filhol 1895
Invalid names: Majoria Thomas 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | P. germainepetterae (95824) P. madagascariensis (95827) | |
Holocene | Madagascar (Beanka) | P. sp. (205190 205193) | |
Holocene | Madagascar | P. madagascariensis (95825 95826) |