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Monocnemodon syphakos
Taxonomy
Monocnemodon syphakos was named by Nydam (2013). Its type specimen is UMNH VP 17384 (partial right dentary) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UMNH VP Loc. 424, Pasture Wash, which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Straight Cliffs Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Monocnemodon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Monocnemodon syphakos Nydam p. 393 fig. 16.9 |
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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.
†Monocnemodon syphakos Nydam 2013
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Santonian | USA (Utah) | Monocnemodon syphakos (181389) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Utah) | Monocnemodon syphakos (type locality: 181388) |