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Liaotherium gracile
Taxonomy
Liaotherium gracile was named by Zhou et al. (1991). Its type specimen is GMC V2006, a mandible (left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fangshen, Lingyuan, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Jiulongshan Formation of China. It is the type species of Liaotherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Liaotherium gracile Zhou et al. |
| 2004 | Liaotherium gracile Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 239 |
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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.
†Liaotherium gracile Zhou et al. 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Jurassic or 174.70000 to 161.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Jurassic | China (Liaoning) | Liaotherium gracile (type locality: 34696) |