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Trioracodon major
Taxonomy
Triconodon major was named by Owen (1871). Its type specimen is BMNH 40722, a mandible (right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Feather Quarry, Durlston Bay (DB102), which is in a Berriasian marine shale in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Trioracodon major by Simpson (1928), Jenkins and Crompton (1979) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Trioracodon major by Simpson (1928), Jenkins and Crompton (1979) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1871 | Triconodon major Owen p. 70 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 3 |
1928 | Trioracodon major Simpson p. 96 figs. pl. 7, fig. 1 |
1979 | Trioracodon major Jenkins and Crompton |
2004 | Trioracodon major Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 246 |
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†Trioracodon major Owen 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available