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Oligoscalops
Taxonomy
Oligoscalops was named by Reed (1961). It is not extant. Its type is Oligoscalops whitmanensis.
It was assigned to Proscalopinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Proscalopidae by Reed (1961), Barnosky (1981), Carroll (1988), Gunnell et al. (2008), Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Proscalopinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Proscalopidae by Reed (1961), Barnosky (1981), Carroll (1988), Gunnell et al. (2008), Korth et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1961 | Oligoscalops Reed |
| 1967 | Oligoscalops Van Valen |
| 1981 | Oligoscalops Barnosky p. 288 |
| 1988 | Oligoscalops Carroll |
| 2008 | Oligoscalops Gunnell et al. |
| 2022 | Oligoscalops Korth et al. |
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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.
G. †Oligoscalops Reed 1961
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†Oligoscalops galbreathi Reed 1956
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Invalid names: Oligoscalops whitmanensis Reed 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Geringian or 37.00000 to 24.70000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadronian | USA (South Dakota) | Arctoryctes galbreathi (16938) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | O. sp. (17014) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Montana) | O. sp. (16988 17010) | |
| Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | O. galbreathi (230806) | |
| Orellan | USA (Wyoming) | O. sp. (17318) | |
| Orellan | USA (Montana) | O. sp. (17090 17138) | |
| Orellan | USA (North Dakota) | Arctoryctes galbreathi (17101) | |
| Orellan | USA (Colorado) | Arctoryctes galbreathi (17082) O. sp. (17081) | |
| Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | O. sp. (17189) | |
| Geringian | USA (Nebraska) | O. whitmanensis (17709) |