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Morotherium leptonyx
Taxonomy
Morotherium leptonyx was named by Marsh (1874).
It was recombined as Megalonyx leptonyx by Gazin (1935); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hirschfeld and Webb (1968); it was synonymized subjectively with Megalonyx leptostomus by Kurten and Anderson (1980), McDonald and Naples (2007).
It was recombined as Megalonyx leptonyx by Gazin (1935); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hirschfeld and Webb (1968); it was synonymized subjectively with Megalonyx leptostomus by Kurten and Anderson (1980), McDonald and Naples (2007).
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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.
†Morotherium leptonyx Marsh 1874
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Collections
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