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Bownomomys crassidens
Taxonomy
Teilhardina crassidens was named by Bown and Rose (1987). Its type specimen is UW 8959, a mandible (left dentary with p3-m2, roots of i1 and c, and alveoli for i2 and p2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elk Creek (180 m), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Bownomomys crassidens by Morse et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Bownomomys crassidens by Morse et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Teilhardina crassidens Bown and Rose |
| 2019 | Bownomomys crassidens Morse et al. p. 121 |
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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.
†Bownomomys crassidens Bown and Rose 1987
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. E. Morse et al. 2019 | Differs from B. americanus in having a more enlarged I1, always lacking the P1, having relatively broader P3-M3, and having a better-developed P4 trigonid with a metaconid that is tall and inflated relative to that of B. americanus. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||