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Cantius trigonodus
Taxonomy
Pelycodus trigonodus was named by Matthew (1915). Its type specimen is AMNH 15017, a partial skull (associated upper and lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is American Museum Dry Camp 1, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwod Formation of Wyoming.
It was synonymized subjectively with Pelycodus ralstoni by McKenna (1960); it was synonymized subjectively with Cantius frugivorus by Beard (1988); it was recombined as Cantius trigonodus by Gingerich and Haskin (1981), Godinot (1998) and Gunnell (2002).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pelycodus ralstoni by McKenna (1960); it was synonymized subjectively with Cantius frugivorus by Beard (1988); it was recombined as Cantius trigonodus by Gingerich and Haskin (1981), Godinot (1998) and Gunnell (2002).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1915 | Pelycodus trigonodus Matthew |
| 1971 | Pelycodus trigonodus Prichinello |
| 1977 | Pelycodus trigonodus Gingerich and Simons p. 257 |
| 1979 | Pelycodus trigonodus Bown |
| 1981 | Cantius trigonodus Gingerich and Haskin |
| 1998 | Cantius trigonodus Godinot |
| 2002 | Cantius trigonodus Gunnell |
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†Cantius trigonodus Matthew 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available