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Taxonomy
Aletocyon multicuspus was named by Romer and Sutton (1927) [genotype; misspelt "multicuspidens" and "multicuspis" by later authors]. Its type locality is Raw Hide Buttes (Lower Harrison), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
It was recombined as Phlaocyon multicuspus by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Phlaocyon multicuspus by Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Aletocyon multicuspus Romer and Sutton |
| 1999 | Phlaocyon multicuspus Wang et al. |
| 2008 | Phlaocyon multicuspus Wang et al. |
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†Phlaocyon multicuspus Romer and Sutton 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available