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Elotherium superbus
Taxonomy
Elotherium superbus was named by Leidy (1868). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Douglas Flat, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in California.
It was corrected as Elotherium superbum by Leidy (1868), Leidy (1873), Hay (1902); it was recombined as Archaeotherium superbum by Wood (1960); it was considered a nomen vanum by Peterson (1909); it was considered a nomen dubium by Troxell (1920), Foss and Fremd (1998).
It was corrected as Elotherium superbum by Leidy (1868), Leidy (1873), Hay (1902); it was recombined as Archaeotherium superbum by Wood (1960); it was considered a nomen vanum by Peterson (1909); it was considered a nomen dubium by Troxell (1920), Foss and Fremd (1998).
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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.
†Elotherium superbus Leidy 1868
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kron and Manning 1998, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections
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