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Plesiadapis anceps
Taxonomy
Plesiadapis anceps was named by Simpson (1936). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 33822, a partial skull (left lower jaw with incisor and M1-3, right [lower] P4 and M1, right [upper] P3-M1, left [upper] M1-2, and other fragments, all of one individual), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana.
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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.
†Plesiadapis anceps Simpson 1936
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Invalid names: Plesiadapis jepseni Gazin 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available