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Acyon myctoderos
Taxonomy
Acyon myctoderos was named by Forasiepi et al. (2006). Its type specimen is MNHN-Bol-V-003668, a skull (skull with associated lower jaws and post crania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Honda, which is in a Laventan fluvial claystone/siliciclastic in Bolivia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Acyon myctoderos Forasiepi et al. pp. 671-680 figs. 2-9 |
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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.
†Acyon myctoderos Forasiepi et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. M. Forasiepi et al. 2006 | Largest species of the genus (A. myctoderos ap- proximately 5% larger than A. tricuspidatus, based on measure- ments of the dentition; Table 1; Marshall, 1981:Table 25) and largest know hathliacynid; differs from A. tricuspidatus (Cabrera, 1927:fig. 6) in having longer diastemata among premolars; p2 comparatively more robust and with a better-developed poste- rior cusp; less-developed anterobasal cingulum on lower molars; hypoconulid less salient posteriorly and more vertically oriented on m1–m3; hypoconids larger, at least on m2. |