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Archaeocyon leptodus
Taxonomy
Nothocyon leptodus was named by Schlaikjer (1935). Its type specimen is MCZ 2878, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Platte River, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Hesperocyon leptodus by Macdonald (1963), Macdonald (1970); it was recombined as Archaeocyon leptodus by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Hesperocyon leptodus by Macdonald (1963), Macdonald (1970); it was recombined as Archaeocyon leptodus by Wang et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2008).
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2015-07-26
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1935 | Nothocyon leptodus Schlaikjer |
| 1963 | Hesperocyon leptodus Macdonald |
| 1970 | Hesperocyon leptodus Macdonald |
| 1999 | Archaeocyon leptodus Wang et al. |
| 2008 | Archaeocyon leptodus Wang et al. |
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†Archaeocyon leptodus Schlaikjer 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available