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Taxonomy
Peltephilus nanus was named by Ameghino (1898). Its type specimen is MACN A 7958-7959 and is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1898 | Peltephilus nanus Ameghino |
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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.
†Peltephilus nanus Ameghino 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Colloncuran or 17.50000 to 13.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Peltephilus nanus (176565) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Neuquén) | Peltephilus nanus (141175) |