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Orretherium tzen
Taxonomy
Orretherium tzen was named by Martinelli et al. (2021). Its type specimen is CPAP-5007, a mandible (partial left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Quarry (Río de Las Chinas Valley), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian floodplain mudstone in the Dorotea Formation of Chile. It is the type species of Orretherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Orretherium tzen Martinelli et al. |
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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.
†Orretherium tzen Martinelli et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Chile (Última Esperanza) | Orretherium tzen (type locality: 210648) |