Alcidedorbignya
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Alcidedorbignya is an extinct pantodont mammal known from the Early Paleocene (Tiupampan SALMA, 65.5 to 61.7 million years ago) Santa Lucia Formation (18.0°S 65.6°W / -18.0; -65.6, paleocoordinates 20.7°S 52.5°W / -20.7; -52.5)[1] at Tiupampa near Mizque, Cochabamba, Bolivia.[2]
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Alcidedorbignya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Pantodonta |
Genus: | †Alcidedorbignya de Muizon and Marshall, 1987 |
Species: | †A. inopinata |
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†Alcidedorbignya inopinata de Muizon and Marshall, 1987 | |
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Following a naming convention established by pioneering Argentine palaeontologist Florentino Ameghino (i.e. combining the first name and surname of a prominent scientist),[3] the genus name honours French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny.[4]