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Metalopex merriami
Taxonomy
Metalopex merriami was named by Tedford and Wang (2008). Its type specimen is F:AM 49282, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Metalopex merriami Tedford and Wang p. 274 figs. 1A–I; Tables 1 and 2 |
| 2008 | Metalopex merriami Wang et al. |
| 2009 | Metalopex merriami Tedford et al. p. 62 figs. 7, 25A–I, 28; appendices 2, 3 |
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†Metalopex merriami Tedford and Wang 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. H. Tedford et al. 2009 | Differs from M. macconnelli in larger size, wider muzzle, temporal crests joining anterior to frontal parietal suture to form strong sagittal crest; occiput broader with stronger lambdoidal crests; bullae small- er relative to size of skull; I2 with stronger lateral cusplet and stronger lingual cingulum; I3 with stronger medial cusplet, larger lingual shelf, and more laterally compressed; cheek tooth dentition taller crowned; M1 and M2 more quadrate with weaker labial cingulum on paracone of M1; m1 more robust with paraconid more oblique, wider talonid with posterior cingulum extremely weak or absent; m2 larger relative to m1; and m3 trigonid longer relative to length of talonid. |
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Hemphillian or 18.50000 to 4.70000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (Oregon) | Metalopex merriami (18864) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | Metalopex merriami (19393) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Idaho) | Metalopex merriami, Vulpes sp. (19085) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nevada) | Metalopex merriami (type locality: 19095) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Metalopex merriami (18431) |