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Dartonius jepseni
Taxonomy
Leptacodon jepseni was named by McKenna (1960). Its type specimen is UCMP 45949, a mandible (fragment of right ramus with P3-M2), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is West Alheit Pocket, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Dartonius.
It was recombined as Dartonius jepseni by Novacek et al. (1985).
It was recombined as Dartonius jepseni by Novacek et al. (1985).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Leptacodon jepseni McKenna |
| 1985 | Dartonius jepseni Novacek et al. p. 15 |
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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.
†Dartonius jepseni McKenna 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | Leptacodon jepseni (15485 type locality: 15887) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Leptacodon jepseni (15529) |