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Litocherus lacunatus
Taxonomy
Litolestes lacunatus was named by Gazin (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 21016, a mandible, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Titanoides Locality, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
It was recombined as Litocherus lacunatus by Gingerich (1983), Novacek et al. (1985), Hartman (1986).
It was recombined as Litocherus lacunatus by Gingerich (1983), Novacek et al. (1985), Hartman (1986).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Litolestes lacunatus Gazin p. 41 |
| 1978 | Litomylus alphamon Van Valen |
| 1983 | Litocherus lacunatus Gingerich |
| 1985 | Litocherus lacunatus Novacek et al. p. 17 |
| 1986 | Litocherus lacunatus Hartman |
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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.
†Litocherus lacunatus Gazin 1956
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Invalid names: Litomylus alphamon Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Ti4 or 63.40000 to 57.50000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Litocherus lacunatus (14898) | |
| Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | Litocherus lacunatus (14939) | |
| Ti4 | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Litocherus lacunatus (14978) | |
| Tiffanian | Canada (Alberta) | Litocherus lacunatus (14995) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Haplaletes disceptatrix (14926) Litocherus lacunatus (14936 15059) Litolestes lacunatus (14952 14974 14989 type locality: 14997 15001) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | Litolestes lacunatus (14937) |