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Taxonomy
Margarita stevensi was named by Wilson and Szalay (1976) ["genotype"]. Its type specimen is TMM 41578-9, a skull (crushed skull with C, P2-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skyline (TMM 41578), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Devil's Graveyard Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Margarita.
It was recombined as Mahgarita stevensi by Wilson and Szalay (1977) and Wilson and Stevens (1986).
It was recombined as Mahgarita stevensi by Wilson and Szalay (1977) and Wilson and Stevens (1986).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1976 | Margarita stevensi Wilson and Szalay |
1977 | Mahgarita stevensi Wilson and Szalay |
1986 | Mahgarita stevensi Wilson and Stevens p. 224 |
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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.
†Mahgarita stevensi Wilson and Szalay 1976
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | Mahgarita stevensi (16542) | |
Duchesnean | USA (Texas) | Mahgarita stevensi (type locality: 16855 16857) |