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Spalacotheroides
Taxonomy
Spalacotheroides was named by Patterson (1955). Its type is Spalacotheroides bridwelli.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Cifelli et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Spalacotheriida by Prothero (1981); to Spalacotheriidae by Patterson (1955), Patterson (1956), Cassiliano and Clemens (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Li and Luo (2006); and to Spalacolestinae by Cifelli and Madsen (1999), Averianov (2002), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004) and Han and Meng (2016).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Cifelli et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Spalacotheriida by Prothero (1981); to Spalacotheriidae by Patterson (1955), Patterson (1956), Cassiliano and Clemens (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Li and Luo (2006); and to Spalacolestinae by Cifelli and Madsen (1999), Averianov (2002), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004) and Han and Meng (2016).
Species
S. bridwelli (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Spalacotheroides Patterson |
| 1956 | Spalacotheroides Patterson p. 10 |
| 1979 | Spalacotheroides Cassiliano and Clemens p. 151 |
| 1981 | Spalacotheroides Prothero p. 320 |
| 1997 | Spalacotheroides McKenna and Bell |
| 1999 | Spalacotheroides Cifelli and Madsen pp. 174-179 |
| 2002 | Spalacotheroides Averianov p. 714 |
| 2004 | Spalacotheroides Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 369-370 fig. 9.10E |
| 2006 | Spalacotheroides Li and Luo p. 197 |
| 2016 | Spalacotheroides Han and Meng |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 122.46000 to 109.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | USA (Texas) | S. bridwelli (14388) |