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Taxonomy
Leptocyon tejonensis was named by Tedford et al. (2009). Its type specimen is LACM 16719, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Tejon Hills, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the "Santa Margarita" Formation of California.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2009 | Leptocyon tejonensis Tedford et al. p. 46 figs. 7, 18G–H; appendix 3 |
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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.
†Leptocyon tejonensis Tedford et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available