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Taxonomy
Brevisaurus smithi was named by Augé (2005). Its type specimen is MNHN QU 17742, a mandible (left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France. It is the type species of Brevisaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Brevisaurus smithi Augé p. 157 figs. 105, 107 |
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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.
†Brevisaurus smithi Augé 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Priabonian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) | Brevisaurus smithi (12853) | |
| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Brevisaurus smithi (12849) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Brevisaurus smithi (type locality: 179194) |