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Miotylopus leonardi
Taxonomy
Protomeryx leonardi was named by Loomis (1911). Its type specimen is ACM 2004, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Muddy Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
It was recombined as Gentilicamelus leonardi by Loomis (1936); it was synonymized subjectively with Miotylopus gibbi by McKenna and Love (1972); it was recombined as Miotylopus leonardi by Prothero (1996), Honey et al. (1998), Prothero and Lubar (2016).
It was recombined as Gentilicamelus leonardi by Loomis (1936); it was synonymized subjectively with Miotylopus gibbi by McKenna and Love (1972); it was recombined as Miotylopus leonardi by Prothero (1996), Honey et al. (1998), Prothero and Lubar (2016).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2017-05-26
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1911 | Protomeryx leonardi Loomis p. 68 fig. 3 |
| 1936 | Gentilicamelus leonardi Loomis p. 59 |
| 1996 | Miotylopus leonardi Prothero p. 634 figs. Figures 13-14, Tables 2, 3, 5 |
| 1998 | Miotylopus leonardi Honey et al. |
| 2016 | Miotylopus leonardi Prothero and Lubar p. 215 fig. 1 |
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†Miotylopus leonardi Loomis 1911
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. R. Prothero 1996 | Smallest species of Miotylopus (P2- M3 length = 65-70 mm). | |
| D. R. Prothero and C. A. Lubar 2016 | Smallest known species of Miotylopus (P2-M3 length = 65-70 mm), with relatively gracile skull and limbs. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Harrisonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 23.10000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arikareean | USA (Nebraska) | Miotylopus leonardi (17523) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Wyoming) | Miotylopus leonardi (17532) Protomeryx leonardi (type locality: 17472) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (California) | Stenomylini indet. (17497) | |
| Monroecreekian - Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | Protomeryx leonardi (17704) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Wyoming) | Miotylopus leonardi (17813) |