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Hystricurus deflectus
Taxonomy
Hystricurus deflectus was named by Heller (1954). Its type specimen is U. Mo. No. 10329, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MR-15, Hwy 5 and Bryant Creek, which is in a Stairsian carbonate chert in the Roubidoux Formation of Missouri.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1954 | Hystricurus deflectus Heller p. 43 figs. Pl. 18, fig. 6 |
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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.
†Hystricurus deflectus Heller 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demingian | Canada (Newfoundland) | Hystricurus deflectus (195754) | |
| Demingian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Hystricurus deflectus (106205 106206 106208 106209 106211 106217 106219 106220 106221) | |
| Stairsian | USA (Missouri) | Hystricurus deflectus (type locality: 114591) | |
| Cassinian | Canada (Quebec) | Hystricurus deflectus (50062) |