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Cuvieronius tropicus
Taxonomy
Dibelodon tropicus was named by Cope (1884) [may be a nomen dubium, see Lucas and Morgan 1996]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tequixquiac, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Mexico.
It was recombined as Mastodon tropicus by Felix and Lenk (1891); it was recombined as Mammut tropicum by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Cordillerion tropicus by Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Cuvieronius tropicus by Osborn (1936), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Montellano (2002) and Cisneros (2005).
It was recombined as Mastodon tropicus by Felix and Lenk (1891); it was recombined as Mammut tropicum by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Cordillerion tropicus by Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Cuvieronius tropicus by Osborn (1936), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Montellano (2002) and Cisneros (2005).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1884 | Dibelodon tropicus Cope p. 7 |
1891 | Mastodon tropicus Felix and Lenk |
1893 | Mastodon oligobunis Cope |
1893 | Dibelodon tropicus Cope p. 62 |
1902 | Mammut tropicum Hay p. 712 |
1926 | Cordillerion defloccatus Hay |
1926 | Cordillerion orarius Hay |
1929 | Cuvieronius oligobunis Cabrera |
1936 | Cordillerion oligobunis Osborn |
1936 | Cuvieronius tropicus Osborn |
1942 | Cordillerion oligobunis Osborn |
1942 | Cordillerion tropicus Osborn |
1965 | Cuvieronius oligobunis Alvarez |
1978 | Cuvieronius oligobunis Ferrusquia |
1987 | Cuvieronius oligobunis Carranza-Castaneda and Miller p. 337 |
1996 | Cuvieronius tropicus Shoshani and Tassy |
2002 | Cuvieronius tropicus Montellano |
2005 | Cuvieronius tropicus Cisneros p. 246 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884
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Invalid names: Cordillerion defloccatus Hay 1926 [synonym], Cordillerion orarius Hay 1926 [synonym], Mastodon oligobunis Cope 1893 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available