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Huerfanodon torrejonius
Taxonomy
Huerfanodon torrejonius was named by Schoch and Lucas (1981). Its type specimen is USNM 15412, a partial skull (partial skull with right dentary fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Little Pocket, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Huerfanodon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1981 | Huerfanodon torrejonius Schoch and Lucas |
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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.
†Huerfanodon torrejonius Schoch and Lucas 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Huerfanodon torrejonius (type locality: 14873) |