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Taxonomy
Hesperopetes jamesi was named by Emry and Korth (2007). Its type specimen is CM 76141, a tooth (left m1 or m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harris Ranch Unit E Silt, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in South Dakota.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Hesperopetes jamesi Emry and Korth p. 695 fig. 2 |
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†Hesperopetes jamesi Emry and Korth 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth 2007 | Larger than H. blacki, near the size of H. thoringtoni; small anteroconid present on lower molars (lacking in H. thoringtoni) and entoconid of lower molars more transversely compressed than in H. thoringtoni. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Arikareean or 31.80000 to 18.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | Hesperopetes jamesi (170168) | |
| Arikareean | USA (South Dakota) | Hesperopetes jamesi (type locality: 17520) |