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Elwynella oreas
Taxonomy
Elwynella oreas was named by Rose and Bown (1982). Its type specimen is USGS 2351, a mandible (right dentary with incisor, M1-2, and alveoli for P3-4 and M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vass Quarry, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Aycross Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Elwynella.
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Elwynella oreas Rose and Bown |
| 1994 | Elwynella aureus Robinson and Ivy p. 92 |
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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.
†Elwynella oreas Rose and Bown 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Bridgerian or 56.00000 to 45.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Elwynella oreas (16005) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Phenacolemur sp. (type locality: 16499) |