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Taxonomy
Hesperopetes thoringtoni was named by Emry and Korth (2007). Its type specimen is USNM 417518, a set of teeth (right p4-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flagstaff Rim I, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Hesperopetes.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Hesperopetes thoringtoni Emry and Korth p. 694 |
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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.
†Hesperopetes thoringtoni Emry and Korth 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth 2007 | Larger than all other species; entoconids on lower molars less transversely compressed (more distinct) than in any other species; anteroconid lacking on lower molars; trigonid ba- sins enclosed, but smaller than in H. jamesi and H. blacki; enamel wrinkling weaker than in other species. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | Sciuridae indet. (type locality: 16960) |