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Palaeoryctes jepseni
Taxonomy
Palaeoryctes jepseni was named by Bloch et al. (2004). Its type specimen is UM 109156, a mandible (Right dentary with p3-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Y2K Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial siltstone in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Palaeoryctes jepseni Bloch et al. p. 127 |
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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.
†Palaeoryctes jepseni Bloch et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Fox 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Tiffanian or 58.70000 to 56.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeoryctes sp. (type locality: 26569) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeoryctes jepseni (15024) |