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Cranioceras teres
Taxonomy
Cosoryx teres was named by Cope (1874).
It was recombined as Dicrocerus teres by Cope (1875), Cope (1875); it was recombined as Merycodus teres by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Palaeomeryx teres by Gidley (1907); it was recombined as Cranioceras teres by Frick (1937), Janis and Manning (1998), Prothero and Liter (2007), Prothero and Liter (2008), May (2019).
It was recombined as Dicrocerus teres by Cope (1875), Cope (1875); it was recombined as Merycodus teres by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Palaeomeryx teres by Gidley (1907); it was recombined as Cranioceras teres by Frick (1937), Janis and Manning (1998), Prothero and Liter (2007), Prothero and Liter (2008), May (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1874 | Cosoryx teres Cope p. 150 |
| 1875 | Dicrocerus teres Cope p. 257 |
| 1902 | Merycodus teres Hay p. 683 |
| 1907 | Palaeomeryx teres Gidley |
| 1937 | Cranioceras clarendonensis Frick |
| 1937 | Cranioceras dakotensis Frick |
| 1937 | Cranioceras teres Frick |
| 1998 | Cranioceras teres Janis and Manning |
| 2007 | Cranioceras teres Prothero and Liter p. 247 |
| 2008 | Cranioceras teres Prothero and Liter |
| 2019 | Cranioceras teres May |
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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.
†Cranioceras teres Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Cranioceras clarendonensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Cranioceras dakotensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008 | Smaller species of Cranioceras (Table 1). |