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Oligotheriomys senrudi
Taxonomy
Monosaulax senrudi was named by Wood 2nd (1945). Its type specimen is AMNH 39415 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Hystricops senrudi by Stout and Stone (1971), Cassiliano (1980); it was recombined as Oligotheriomys senrudi by Korth (1998); it was recombined as Priusaulax senrudi by Korth (2017).
It was recombined as Hystricops senrudi by Stout and Stone (1971), Cassiliano (1980); it was recombined as Oligotheriomys senrudi by Korth (1998); it was recombined as Priusaulax senrudi by Korth (2017).
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-05-18
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1945 | Monosaulax senrudi Wood 2nd p. 2 figs. Figure 1 |
| 1971 | Hystricops senrudi Stout and Stone |
| 1980 | Hystricops senrudi Cassiliano |
| 1994 | Monosaulax senrudi Korth |
| 1998 | Oligotheriomys senrudi Korth p. 127 |
| 2017 | Priusaulax senrudi Korth p. 253 |
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†Oligotheriomys senrudi Wood 1945
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. E. Wood 2nd 1945 | Size and evolutionary stage intermediate between Monosaulax and Amblycastor; fine, slightly divergent striations on the convex enamel face of 'the incisor; posterior end of incisor definitely lingual to the coronoid process; cheek teeth almost hypsodont; internal end of hypoflexid interpolated between mesofossettid and metafossettid; fossettids (enamel lakes) usually simple and nearly transverse; P4considerablylongerthananyofthe molars,mesio-distally;M2thewidestof thecheekteth,bucco-lingually;M3defi- nitelythesmallestcheektooth;coronoid processmoreprominentanddistinctthan ineitherAmblycastororMonosaulax. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 18.50000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Hystricops senrudi (17953) | |
| Middle Miocene | USA (Montana) | Hystricops senrudi (18887) |