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Taxonomy
Atasorex edax was named by Lopatin (2004). Its type specimen is PIN, no. 4516/190, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Altynshokysu (bone bed IV), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Atasorex.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Atasorex edax Lopatin |
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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.
†Atasorex edax Lopatin 2004
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) | Atasorex edax (type locality: 175921) |