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Priusaulax wilsoni

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Priusaulax wilsoni was named by Korth (2017). Its type specimen is KU 10173, a partial skull (partial cranium with right side of rostrum, max- illa and orbital wall containing right P4–M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Martin Canyon Quarry A, which is in a Hemingfordian channel horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Priusaulax wilsoni Korth p. 251 figs. Figs. 1-3; Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridae
subfamilyCastoroidinaeAllen 1877
tribeHystricopini
genusPriusaulax
specieswilsoni

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Priusaulax wilsoni Korth 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Korth 2017Slightly larger than Priusaulax browni and smaller than P. senrudi; no anterior re-entrant valley or accessory cuspule (anterostylid) on p4 as in P. browni.