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Onychodectes
Taxonomy
Onychodectes was named by Cope (1888). Its type is Onychodectes tisonensis.
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1888); to Taeniodonta by Lucas et al. (1998); to Conoryctidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Lucas et al. (1998); and to Taeniodonta by Rook and Hunter (2011) and Williamson and Brusatte (2013).
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1888); to Taeniodonta by Lucas et al. (1998); to Conoryctidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Lucas et al. (1998); and to Taeniodonta by Rook and Hunter (2011) and Williamson and Brusatte (2013).
Species
O. rarus, O. tisonensis (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1888 | Onychodectes Cope p. 317 |
1902 | Onychodectes Hay p. 573 |
1930 | Onychodectes Hay p. 398 |
1998 | Onychodectes Lucas et al. |
2011 | Onychodectes Rook and Hunter |
2013 | Onychodectes Williamson and Brusatte |
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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. †Onychodectes Cope 1888
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†Onychodectes rarus Osborn and Earle 1895
†Onychodectes tisonensis Cope 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Eberle 1999, Lucas et al. 1998, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Puercan | USA (Utah) | O. tisonensis (14790) | |
Puercan | USA (New Mexico) | O. tisonensis (14657 14662 14760 14794) | |
Puercan | USA (Montana) | O. tisonensis (14745) |