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Trihecaton howardinus
Taxonomy
Trihecaton howardinus was named by Vaughn (1972). Its type specimen is UCLA VP 1743, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Interval 300 of section of the Sangre de Cristo Formation, which is in a Moscovian terrestrial horizon in the Sangre de Cristo Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Trihecaton.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Trihecaton howardinus Vaughn |
| 1998 | Trihecaton howardinus Carroll et al. p. 54 |
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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.
†Trihecaton howardinus Vaughn 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Missourian or 315.20000 to 303.70000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Moscovian | USA (Colorado) | Trihecaton howardinus (type locality: 176968) | |
| Missourian | USA (Colorado) | Trihecaton howardinus (180938) |