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Taxonomy
Xenosmilus was named by Martin et al. (2000). Its type is Xenosmilus hodsonae.
It was assigned to Homotherini by Martin et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Homotherini by Martin et al. (2000).
Species
X. hodsonae (type species), X. venezuelensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Xenosmilus Martin et al. p. 42 |
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G. †Xenosmilus Martin et al. 2000
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†Xenosmilus hodsonae Martin et al. 2000
†Xenosmilus venezuelensis Rincón et al. 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| Basicranium–sagittal crest height | 1 | 90.3 | |||||
| Depth below m1 at lingual side height | 1 | 40.1 | |||||
| Depth below p3 at lingual side height | 1 | 39.6 | |||||
| Depth below p4 at lingual side height | 1 | 38.0 | |||||
| Depth masseteric fossa height | 1 | 43.7 | |||||
| External nares height | 1 | 37.2 | |||||
| Greatest diameter of the tympanic bulla diameter | 1 | 42.7 | |||||
| articular process height | 1 | 20.4 | |||||
| coronoid process height | 1 | 33.5 |
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Venezuela (Monagas) | Homotherium venezuelensis (144977) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | X. hodsonae (98313) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | X. hodsonae (20351) |