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Ellipsodon inaequidens
Taxonomy
Tricentes inaequidens was named by Cope (1884). Its type specimen is AMNH 3095, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gallegos Canyon, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
It was recombined as Mioclaenus inaequidens by Matthew (1897); it was recombined as Ellipsodon inaequidens by Scott (1892), Hay (1902), Simpson (1937), Matthew (1937) and Williamson and Carr (2007).
It was recombined as Mioclaenus inaequidens by Matthew (1897); it was recombined as Ellipsodon inaequidens by Scott (1892), Hay (1902), Simpson (1937), Matthew (1937) and Williamson and Carr (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Tricentes inaequidens Cope p. 317 |
| 1892 | Ellipsodon inaequidens Scott p. 298 |
| 1897 | Mioclaenus inaequidens Matthew pp. 315 - 316 figs. Figure 17 |
| 1902 | Ellipsodon inaequidens Hay p. 746 |
| 1937 | Ellipsodon inaequidens Matthew |
| 1937 | Ellipsodon inaequidens Simpson |
| 2007 | Ellipsodon inaequidens Williamson and Carr |
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†Ellipsodon inaequidens Cope 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available