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Neovison macrodon (sea mink)
Taxonomy
Lutreola macrodon was named by Prentiss (1903). Its type specimen is USNM 116178, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brooklin, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Maine.
It was recombined as Mustela macrodon by Miller (1912), Hollister (1913), Miller (1924), Hay (1930), Hall (1936), Waters and Ray (1961), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981) and Mead et al. (2000); it was recombined as Neovison macrodon by Sealfon (2007).
It was recombined as Mustela macrodon by Miller (1912), Hollister (1913), Miller (1924), Hay (1930), Hall (1936), Waters and Ray (1961), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981) and Mead et al. (2000); it was recombined as Neovison macrodon by Sealfon (2007).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Lutreola macrodon Prentiss p. 888 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 1911 | Lutreola vison antiquus Loomis p. 228 |
| 1912 | Mustela macrodon Miller |
| 1913 | Mustela macrodon Hollister |
| 1924 | Mustela macrodon Miller |
| 1930 | Mustela macrodon Hay |
| 1936 | Mustela macrodon Hall |
| 1961 | Mustela macrodon Waters and Ray p. 380 |
| 1980 | Mustela macrodon Kurten and Anderson p. 151 |
| 1981 | Mustela macrodon Hall |
| 2000 | Mustela macrodon Mead et al. p. 247 |
| 2007 | Neovison macrodon Sealfon p. 371 |
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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.
†Neovison macrodon Prentiss 1903 [sea mink]
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†Lutreola vison antiquus Loomis 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available