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Taxonomy
Iridodon datzae was named by Morlo and Gunnell (2003). Its type specimen is UMMP 103465, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cathedral Bluffs (UNSM), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Iridodon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Iridodon datzae Morlo and Gunnell p. 67 fig. 17 |
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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.
†Iridodon datzae Morlo and Gunnell 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Morlo and G. F. Gunnell 2003 | Iridodon differs from Prolimnocyon in lacking M3, from Limnocyon in being
much smaller and having much more slender premolars, from Oxyaenodon in having basined molar talonids, and from Thinocyon in lacking a bowed dentary, in having the M1-2 cristid obliqua angled about 30° labially, and in having a narrower M1. |
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Iridodon datzae (type locality: 16198) |