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Cupressimus perissos
Taxonomy
Cupressimus perissos was named by Storer (2019). Its type specimen is RSM P2113.352, a tooth (right p4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carnagh, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Cypress Hills Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Cupressimus perissos Storer p. 94 figs. Figures 5A-O; Table 12 |
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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.
†Cupressimus perissos Storer 2019
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. E. Storer 2019 | Similar in size and crown height to Cupressimus barbarae; p4 trigonid valley open anteriorly; short anterior cingulid on anterior face of protoconid; metalophulid II convex posteriorly, creating a more elongate trigonid basin than in C. barbarae; metalophid on m1-2 straighter (less sinuous) than in the holotype of C. barbarae; ectolophid connection with hypoconid/hypolophid weaker than in C. barbarae. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Cupressimus perissos (type locality: 16928) |