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Teilhardia pretiosa
Taxonomy
Teilhardia pretiosa was named by Matthew and Granger (1926). Its type specimen is AMNH 20299, a mandible (right lower jaw with p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aliusu, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Irdin Manha Formation of China. It is the type species of Teilhardia.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1926 | Teilhardia pretiosa Matthew and Granger p. 4 figs. Fig. 5 |
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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.
†Teilhardia pretiosa Matthew and Granger 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Colbert and Schoch 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Teilhardia pretiosa (type locality: 174721) |