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Tetralophodon elegans
Taxonomy
Gomphotherium elegans was named by Hay (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 8255 and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Tetralophodon elegans by Osborn (1936), Frye and Hibbard (1941); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hibbard (1952).
It was recombined as Tetralophodon elegans by Osborn (1936), Frye and Hibbard (1941); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hibbard (1952).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Gomphotherium elegans Hay p. 21 |
| 1936 | Tetralophodon elegans Osborn |
| 1941 | Tetralophodon elegans Frye and Hibbard |
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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.
†Tetralophodon elegans Hay 1916
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
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