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Taxonomy
Wyolestes dioctes was named by Gingerich (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 22456, a mandible (left and right mandibular rami), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Barge, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial mudstone in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Wyolestes dioctes Gingerich p. 706 |
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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.
†Wyolestes dioctes Gingerich 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Gingerich 1982, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
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 | USA (Wyoming) | Sinopa viverrina (type locality: 15662) |