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Esthonyx
Taxonomy
Esthonyx was named by Cope (1874). It is not extant. Its type is Esthonyx bisulcatus. It is the type genus of Esthonychidae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Platychoerops by Lydekker (1885).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Cope (1882); to Esthonychinae by Gazin (1953) and Lucas and Schoch (1998); to Tillodontia by Wang and Jin (2004); and to Esthonychidae by Cope (1874), Hay (1902), Carroll (1988) and Rose et al. (2012).
It was synonymized subjectively with Platychoerops by Lydekker (1885).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Cope (1882); to Esthonychinae by Gazin (1953) and Lucas and Schoch (1998); to Tillodontia by Wang and Jin (2004); and to Esthonychidae by Cope (1874), Hay (1902), Carroll (1988) and Rose et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1874 | Esthonyx Cope |
| 1882 | Esthonyx Cope |
| 1902 | Esthonyx Hay p. 715 |
| 1953 | Esthonyx Gazin p. 17 |
| 1988 | Esthonyx Carroll |
| 1998 | Esthonyx Lucas and Schoch p. 270 |
| 2004 | Esthonyx Wang and Jin |
| 2012 | Esthonyx Rose et al. |
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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.
G. †Esthonyx Cope 1874
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†Esthonyx acutidens Cope 1881
†Esthonyx bisulcatus Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Esthonyx acer Cope 1874 [synonym], Esthonyx burmeisterii Cope 1874 [synonym]
†Esthonyx gunnelli Gingerich 1989
†Esthonyx munieri Lemoine 1891
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Invalid names: Franchaius russellonyx Baudry 1992 [synonym], Plesiesthonyx chardini Baudry 1992 [synonym], Plesiesthonyx elongatus Baudry 1992 [synonym]
†Esthonyx spatularius Cope 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Lucas and Schoch 1998 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections (296 total)