†Leptauchenia lullianus Thorpe 1921

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combinations: Cyclopidius lullianus, Pseudocyclopidius lullianus

Synonyms: Cyclopidius quadratus Koerner 1940, Pseudocyclopidius quadratus Koerner 1940

Belongs to Leptauchenia according to D. R. Prothero and F. Sanchez 2008

See also CoBabe 1996, Koerner 1940, Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1968, Stevens and Stevens 2007 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxa: Leptauchenia (Sespia), Leptauchenia decora, Leptauchenia major, Cyclopidius californicus, Cyclopidius (Chelonocephalus)

Subtaxa: Pseudocyclopidius lullianus expiratus

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Type specimens:

  • Leptauchenia lullianus: Its type locality is Big Muddy Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming
  • Cyclopidius quadratus:

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)

• Arikareean of United States (8: Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Oligocene of United States (2: South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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