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Strathcona major
Taxonomy
Strathcona major was named by Dawson (2001). Its type specimen is CMN 32363, a tooth (? m1 sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ellesmere Island (Lower), which is in a Wasatchian deltaic horizon in the Margaret Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Strathcona major Dawson p. 1112 figs. Pl. 1.7 |
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†Strathcona major Dawson 2001
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. R. Dawson 2001 | Larger than S. minor. Lower molars rhomboidal shape due to anterolingual expansion of metaconid. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Strathcona major (type locality: 15583) |