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Taxonomy
Microchoerus erinaceus was named by Wood (1844). Its type specimen is B.M. 25229, a skull (cranium and imperfect left ramus of the mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hordle Cliff Crocodile Bed, Hampshire, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1844 | Microchoerus erinaceus Wood |
1986 | Microchoerus erinaceus Hooker p. 257 |
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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.
†Microchoerus erinaceus Wood 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available