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Taxonomy
Canis rurestris was named by Condon (1896) [said by Green 1948 to be 1902]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is UO 23077, a skull. Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Mascall Formation of Oregon.
It was recombined as Tomarctus rurestris by Green (1948) and Shotwell (1968); it was recombined as Tephrocyon rurestris by Merriam (1906), Thorpe (1922), Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Tomarctus rurestris by Green (1948) and Shotwell (1968); it was recombined as Tephrocyon rurestris by Merriam (1906), Thorpe (1922), Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1896 | Canis rurestris Condon |
| 1906 | Tephrocyon rurestris Merriam p. 6 figs. Pl. 1, Figs. 1 - 3 |
| 1922 | Tephrocyon rurestris Thorpe |
| 1948 | Tomarctus rurestris Green |
| 1968 | Tomarctus rurestris Shotwell |
| 1999 | Tephrocyon rurestris Wang et al. |
| 2008 | Tephrocyon rurestris Wang et al. |
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†Tephrocyon rurestris Condon 1896
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. C. Merriam 1906 | Muzzle short, posterior ends of premaxillaries extending behind the anterior ends of the frontals, sagittal crest high, inion prominent, auditory bullae very large, inferior margin of the mandible strongly convex below the anterior side of the coronoid process. Dentition 3/3, 1/1, 4/4, 2/3. P4 with incipient protostyle, deuterocone weak. M1 with broad internal lobe, apparently without protoconule. p2, p3 , and p4 with posterior basal tubercles and without anterior cusps. m1 with well-developed metaconid, heel with low entoconid and hypoconid. Trigonid of m2 with distinct paraconid. m3 with three or four low tubercles or ridges. |