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Carpolestes dubius
Taxonomy
Carpolestes dubius was named by Jepsen (1930). Its type specimen is Princeton No. 13275, a mandible (right lower jaw with P2-M4, root of ?I, and alveolus of P1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Carpodaptes dubius by Szalay and Delson (1979).
It was recombined as Carpodaptes dubius by Szalay and Delson (1979).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Carpolestes dubius Jepsen |
| 1979 | Carpodaptes dubius Szalay and Delson |
| 1980 | Carpolestes dubius Gingerich |
| 1998 | Carpolestes dubius Bloch and Gingerich |
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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.
†Carpolestes dubius Jepsen 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Tiffanian or 59.24000 to 57.50000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Carpolestes dubius (15029 15032 type locality: 15049 15065 15068 26569 190414 190421 190423 190437 190448 190489 190490) Carpolestes sp. (15057) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Carpolestes dubius (188220) |