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Taxonomy
Metalopex macconnelli was named by Tedford et al. (2009). Its type specimen is LACM 55237, a partial skull (crushed skull (fig. 24A–C) with I1–M2 and both ramal fragments including p3–p4 broken, m1 in- complete alveolus, isolated m2 trigonid (fig. 24D), and a broken i), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Rock Canyon, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Dove Spring Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Metalopex macconnelli Tedford et al. p. 58 figs. 7, 24A–S, 26A–E, 27, 28, 61B |
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†Metalopex macconnelli Tedford et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. H. Tedford et al. 2009 | Differs from M. merriami in smaller size; lyrate temporal crests that join posterior to frontoparietal suture in short, weak sagittal crest; occiput narrower with lambdoidal crests subdued; bullae larger relative to size of skull; I2 with weaker lateral cusplet and weaker lingual cingulum; denti- tion lower crowned; M1–M2 less quadrate with stronger labial cingulum on paracone of M1; M2 smaller relative to M1; m1 slenderer with less oblique paraconid, and narrow talonid; and m3 trigonid shorter relative to length of talonid. |