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Kukusepasutanka schultzi
Taxonomy
Kukusepasutanka schultzi was named by Macdonald (1956) [genotype]. Its type specimen is F:AM 49463, a partial skull (partial cranium with P2 - M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower Cabbage Patch Beds, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Renova Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Kukusepasutanka.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Kukusepasutanka schultzi Macdonald p. 642 figs. 15, 16 |
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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.
†Kukusepasutanka schultzi Macdonald 1956
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. R. Macdonald 1956 | Cranium large, massive with large tubular snout; M3 with large bulbous stylar cusps, transverse valley wide, deeply invades mesostyle; P2 with large internal- posterior heel, similar t o P3; unreduced; P1 missing. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Kron and Manning 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Arikareean or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Arikareean | USA (Montana) | Kukusepasutanka sp. (type locality: 17540) |