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Ptilodus ferronensis
Taxonomy
Ptilodus ferronensis was named by Gazin (1941). Its type specimen is USNM 16176, a mandible (fragment of right ramus of mandible with P4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dragon Canyon, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah.
It was synonymized subjectively with Ptilodus mediaevus by Rigby (1980).
It was synonymized subjectively with Ptilodus mediaevus by Rigby (1980).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1941 | Ptilodus ferronensis Gazin pp. 10 - 11 figs. Figure 3 |
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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.
†Ptilodus ferronensis Gazin 1941
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Krause 1982, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
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