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Eurybelodon shoshanii
Taxonomy
Eurybelodon shoshanii was named by Lambert (2016). Its type specimen is UOMNH F-7977, a tooth (partial upper tusk), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Black Butte (UO 2326), which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Juntura Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Eurybelodon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Eurybelodon shoshanii Lambert p. 3 |
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†Eurybelodon shoshanii Lambert 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. D. Lambert 2016 | Cheek teeth with extremely simple single trefoil- ing; third molar with three full lophids and either a barely devel- oped fourth lophid or a talonid; lower tusk extremely flattened and broad, with a clear medial twist; both lower and upper tusks completely surrounded by a thick shell of corrugated cortical enamel. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Clarendonian | USA (Oregon) | Platybelodon barnumbrowni (type locality: 18815 18822) |