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Bolodon hydei
Taxonomy
Bolodon hydei was named by Cifelli et al. (2014). Its type specimen is OMNH 62670, a tooth (a right M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near the mouth of Hell Canyon, about 17 km ENE of Edgemont (OMNH V1243), which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Lakota Formation of South Dakota.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Bolodon hydei Cifelli et al. fig. 5B |
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†Bolodon hydei Cifelli et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. L. Cifelli et al. 2014 | Small multituberculate most comparable to Bolodon osborni but differing in that the second cusp of the lingual row is larger than the other two, the buccal ridge is less developed, mesiolingual corner of the crown extends farther mesially, and the distal margin of the crown is more squared-off (less pointed). |