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Guilestes
Taxonomy
Guilestes was named by Zheng and Chi (1978). Its type is Guilestes acares.
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Zheng and Chi (1978); and to Mesonychidae by Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Zheng and Chi (1978); and to Mesonychidae by Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
G. acares (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1978 | Guilestes Zheng and Chi |
1988 | Guilestes Carroll |
1997 | Guilestes McKenna and Bell p. 367 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Eocene | China (Guangxi) | G. acares (182554) |