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Arretotherium fricki
Taxonomy
Arretotherium fricki was named by Macdonald and Schultz (1956). Its type specimen is UNSM 5764, a skull (A badly crushed cranium with right P \ M1 - M2, M3 (roots), and left C/-P1 (alveoli), P2-M3, (W+)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hemingford Quarry 12, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1956 | Arretotherium fricki Macdonald and Schultz |
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†Arretotherium fricki Macdonald and Schultz 1956
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. R. Macdonald and C. B. Schultz 1956 | M3 mesostyle not notched to base by transverse groove, P 4 greatly reduced, P 2 similar to P 3 , P 1 - P 3 unreduced, canine small with little lateral compression. |
Measurements
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Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Kron and Manning 1998, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Arretotherium fricki (type locality: 17938) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Arretotherium fricki (17982) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | Arretotherium fricki (17912) | |
Hemingfordian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Arretotherium fricki (17870) |