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Telacodon laevis
Taxonomy
Telacodon laevis was named by Marsh (1892) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM 11780, a mandible (anterior part of a mandible with P2-4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 5, which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Telacodon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Telacodon laevis Marsh p. 258 figs. pl. 9, fig. 3 |
| 1902 | Telacodon laevis Hay p. 566 |
| 1927 | Telacodon laevis Simpson p. 122 |
| 1929 | Telacodon laevis Simpson p. 138 |
| 1930 | Telacodon laevis Hay p. 396 |
| 1979 | Telacodon laevis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223 |
| 2004 | Telacodon laevis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 508 |
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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.
†Telacodon laevis Marsh 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 | |||||