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Megalictis simplicidens
Taxonomy
Brachypsalis simplicidens was named by Peterson (1907). Its type specimen is CM 1553, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beardog Hill, which is in a Harrisonian fluvial sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.
It was recombined as Paroligobunis simplicidens by Peterson (1910) and Hunt (1972); it was synonymized subjectively with Megalictis ferox by Hunt and Skolnick (1996); it was recombined as Megalictis simplicidens by Hunt and Skolnick (1990) and Valenciano et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Paroligobunis simplicidens by Peterson (1910) and Hunt (1972); it was synonymized subjectively with Megalictis ferox by Hunt and Skolnick (1996); it was recombined as Megalictis simplicidens by Hunt and Skolnick (1990) and Valenciano et al. (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1907 | Aelurocyon brevifacies Peterson |
1907 | Brachypsalis simplicidens Peterson |
1907 | Aelurocyon brevifacies Peterson p. 68 |
1910 | Paroligobunis simplicidens Peterson |
1972 | Paroligobunis simplicidens Hunt, Jr. |
1990 | Megalictis brevifacies Hunt, Jr. and Skolnick |
1990 | Megalictis simplicidens Hunt, Jr. and Skolnick |
2016 | Megalictis simplicidens Valenciano et al. p. 7 |
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†Megalictis simplicidens Peterson 1907
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Invalid names: Aelurocyon brevifacies Peterson 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available