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Toretocnemus californicus
Taxonomy
Toretocnemus californicus was named by Merriam (1903). Its type specimen is UCMP M 8100, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 1013, West end of Bear Cove, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California. It is the type species of Toretocnemus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Toretocnemus californicus Merriam p. 260 figs. Pl. 24 |
| 1908 | Toretocnemus californicus Merriam p. 128 |
| 1930 | Toretocnemus californicus Hay p. 125 |
| 2000 | Toretocnemus californicus Maisch and Matzke pp. 63, 64 |
| 2003 | Toretocnemus californicus McGowan and Motani |
| 2010 | Toretocnemus californicus Maisch |
| 2016 | Toretocnemus californicus Ji et al. p. 11 |
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†Toretocnemus californicus Merriam 1903
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000 | "Thoracal vertebrae much shorter than high." |