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Alticonus gazini
Taxonomy
Alticonus gazini was named by Eberle and Lillegraven (1998) [based on unpublished name "Tinuviel gazini" of Middleton 1983; accidental validation]. Its type specimen is UCM 34895, a mandible (left dentary with partial canine alveolus, root of p1, and complete p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alexander, which is in a Puercan terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Denver Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Alticonus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Alticonus gazini Eberle and Lillegraven |
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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.
†Alticonus gazini Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||