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Diegoaelurus
Taxonomy
Diegoaelurus was named by Zach et al. (2022) [urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2BE5B4DE-1808-44C4-BF56-89090012ACE6]. Its type is Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae.
It was assigned to Machaeroidinae by Zach et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Machaeroidinae by Zach et al. (2022).
Species
D. vanvalkenburghae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2022 | Diegoaelurus Zach et al. |
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G. †Diegoaelurus Zach et al. 2022
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†Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae Zach et al. 2022
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S.P. Zach et al. 2022 | Differs from Machaeroides in lacking metaconids on m1-2 and
in having lower, more elongate trigonids on m1-2. Differs from Apataelurus in having the mandibular flange only extend back to the level of p2, a relatively larger p3, m2 only moderately larger than m1, and coronoid process taller than m2 |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Gunnell 1998 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Uintan | USA (California) | D. vanvalkenburghae (16585) |