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Hypercoryphodon thomsoni
Taxonomy
Hypercoryphodon thomsoni was named by Osborn and Granger (1932). Its type specimen is A. M. 26384, a skull (a splendidly preserved skull with all cheek teeth and alveoli of incisors and canines), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Houldjin Gravels (1930 AMNH), which is in a Houldjinian terrestrial gravel in China. It is the type species of Hypercoryphodon.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1932 | Hypercoryphodon thomsoni Osborn and Granger p. 5 |
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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.
†Hypercoryphodon thomsoni Osborn and Granger 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: Houldjinian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Houldjinian | China (Nei Mongol) | Hypercoryphodon thomsoni (type locality: 72182) |