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Osmotherium spelaeum
Taxonomy
Osmotherium spelaeum was named by Cope (1896). It is the type species of Osmotherium.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1896 | Mephitis fossidens Cope |
| 1896 | Mephitis orthostichus Cope |
| 1896 | Osmotherium spelaeum Cope |
| 1896 | Pelycictis lobulatus Cope |
| 1896 | Mephitis fossidens Cope p. 386 |
| 1896 | Mephitis orthostichus Cope p. 389 |
| 1896 | Pelycictis lobulatus Cope p. 390 |
| 1899 | Mephitis leptops Cope |
| 1902 | Mephitis fossidens Hay p. 766 |
| 1902 | Mephitis leptops Hay p. 766 |
| 1902 | Osmotherium spelaeum Hay p. 766 |
| 1902 | Pelycictis lobulatus Hay p. 766 |
| 1908 | Brachyprotoma fossidens Brown |
| 1908 | Brachyprotoma leptops Brown |
| 1920 | Mephitis fossidens Baker |
| 1920 | Mephitis leptops Baker |
| 1923 | Mephitis fossidens Hay |
| 1923 | Mephitis leptops Hay |
| 1930 | Brachyprotoma fossidens Hay |
| 1930 | Brachyprotoma leptops Hay |
| 1936 | Mephitis fodiens Hall |
| 1980 | Osmotherium spelaeum Kurten and Anderson p. 164 |
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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.
†Osmotherium spelaeum Cope 1896
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Invalid names: Mephitis fodiens Hall 1936 [synonym], Mephitis fossidens Cope 1896 [synonym], Mephitis leptops Cope 1899 [synonym], Mephitis orthostichus Cope 1896 [synonym], Pelycictis lobulatus Cope 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Irvingtonian or 1.40000 to 0.21000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Mephitis fossidens, Mephitis orthostichus, Osmotherium spelaeum, Pelycictis lobulatus (20479) |