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Taxonomy
Hesperocyon wilsoni was named by Gustafson (1986). Its type specimen is TMM 40504-126, a partial skull (partial skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Airstrip (TMM 40504), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Capote Mountain Tuff Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Hesperocyon.
It was recombined as Prohesperocyon wilsoni by Wang (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996) and Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Prohesperocyon wilsoni by Wang (1994), Wang and Tedford (1996) and Wang et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Hesperocyon wilsoni Gustafson |
| 1994 | Prohesperocyon wilsoni Wang p. 18 |
| 1996 | Prohesperocyon wilsoni Wang and Tedford |
| 2008 | Prohesperocyon wilsoni Wang et al. |
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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.
†Prohesperocyon wilsoni Gustafson 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Texas) | Hesperocyon wilsoni (type locality: 16888) |