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Olsenia mira
Taxonomy
Olsenia mira was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). Its type specimen is AMNH 20303, a limb element (Astragalus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ula Usu, Shara Murum (AMNH), which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Shara Murum Formation of China. It is the type species of Olsenia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Olsenia mira 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.
†Olsenia mira Matthew and Granger 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 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) | Olsenia mira (type locality: 174962) |