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Taxonomy
Urocyon progressus was named by Stevens (1965). Its type specimen is UMMP 37157, a partial skull (parietal), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1965 | Urocyon progressus Stevens |
1980 | Urocyon progressus Kurten and Anderson p. 173 |
2008 | Urocyon progressus Wang et al. |
2009 | Urocyon progressus Tedford et al. p. 265 fig. 1 |
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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.
†Urocyon progressus Stevens 1965
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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R. H. Tedford et al. 2009 | A moderately large gray fox; braincase relatively narrow; temporal ridge pronounced; M1 with sharp cingula and high cusps; tibia stout. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Gebo and Rose 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 |