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Taxonomy
Nothocyon geismarianus mollis was named by Merriam (1906). Its type specimen is UCMP 90, a partial skull (skull with I3 broken–C, P1 broken, and P2–M2), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Leptocyon mollis by Merriam (1906), Wang et al. (2008), Tedford et al. (2009).
It was recombined as Leptocyon mollis by Merriam (1906), Wang et al. (2008), Tedford et al. (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Leptocyon mollis Merriam p. 13 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1 and pl. 3, fig. 1 |
| 1906 | Nothocyon geismarianus mollis Merriam p. 13 figs. PI. 2, Fig. 1, and PL 3, Fig. 1 |
| 2008 | Leptocyon mollis Wang et al. |
| 2009 | Leptocyon mollis Tedford et al. p. 18 figs. Figures 3, 5, 6H–J; appendices 2, 3 |
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†Nothocyon geismarianus mollis Merriam 1906
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. C. Merriam 1906 | L. mollis differs from L. douglassi in its larger size and propor- tionally larger M1 and M2 (fig. 5); from L. vulpinus it differs in its smaller and lower crowned premolars; from L. gregorii it differs in its wider palate, backward direct- ed, more robust, and salient paroccipital process, in larger and lower crowned P3, in more robust P4 with relatively larger and more anteriorly situated protocone and proportionally larger M1 with more prominent cingulum and slightly stronger para- style, and in proportionally larger M2 that bears a metaconule. |
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections
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