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Taxonomy
Coscinocercus marcalaini was named by Cabrera (1939). Its type specimen is MLP 37-III-7-3, a maxilla (Parle de maxilar izquierdo con los tres úllimos dientes, tubo caudalligeramenle incomplelo cerca del ápice, partes de los cuatro anillos caudales, y fragmentos ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Robilotte field - SE of Epecuén lagoon & E of Laguna de Epecuén, which is in a Huayquerian terrestrial siltstone/siltstone in the Epecuén Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1939 | Coscinocercus marcalaini Cabrera |
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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.
†Coscinocercus marcalaini Cabrera 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: Huayquerian or 8.00000 to 5.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Huayquerian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Coscinocercus marcalaini (type locality: 212302) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Coscinocercus marcalaini (87198) |