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Archaeotherium calkinsi
Taxonomy
Elotherium calkinsi was named by Sinclair (1905). Its type specimen is UCMP 953, a partial skeleton (cranium and mandibIe, several cervical vertebrae and portions of fore and hind limbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Hatch's Gulch, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon.
It was recombined as Daeodon calkinsi by Peterson (1909); it was recombined as Choerodon calkinsi by Troxell (1920), Troxell (1920) and Troxell (1920); it was considered a nomen dubium by Carroll (1988); it was recombined as Archaeotherium calkinsi by Foss and Fremd (1998).
It was recombined as Daeodon calkinsi by Peterson (1909); it was recombined as Choerodon calkinsi by Troxell (1920), Troxell (1920) and Troxell (1920); it was considered a nomen dubium by Carroll (1988); it was recombined as Archaeotherium calkinsi by Foss and Fremd (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1905 | Elotherium calkinsi Sinclair p. 132 figs. Pl. 15 |
| 1909 | Daeodon calkinsi Peterson p. 64 |
| 1920 | Choerodon calkinsi Troxell |
| 1998 | Archaeotherium calkinsi Foss and Fremd p. 67 fig. 6 |
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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.
†Archaeotherium calkinsi Sinclair 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Effinger 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: Arikareean or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Arikareean | USA (Oregon) | Elotherium calkinsi (189114) |