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Colodon inceptus
Taxonomy
Colodon inceptus was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). Its type specimen is AMNH 20357, a maxilla (Upper jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ergilin Dzo [AMNH], which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Colodon inceptus Matthew and Granger |
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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.
†Colodon inceptus Matthew and Granger 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Mongolia | Colodon inceptus (type locality: 73781) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Mongolia (Dornogov) | Colodon inceptus (180387) |