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Marsholestes dasypelix
Taxonomy
Myolestes dasypelix was named by Matthew (1909) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH 11490, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Myolestes.
It was recombined as Nyctitherium dasypelix by Gazin (1976); it was recombined as Marsholestes dasypelix by McKenna and Haase (1992) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Nyctitherium dasypelix by Gazin (1976); it was recombined as Marsholestes dasypelix by McKenna and Haase (1992) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1909 | Myolestes dasypelix Matthew |
| 1930 | Myolestes dasypelix Hay p. 435 |
| 1976 | Nyctitherium dasypelix Gazin |
| 1992 | Marsholestes dasypelix McKenna and Haase |
| 2008 | Marsholestes dasypelix Gunnell et al. |
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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.
†Marsholestes dasypelix Matthew 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Myolestes dasypelix (16219) Nyctitherium dasypelix (type locality: 16228) |