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Megacerops bucco
Taxonomy
Symborodon bucco was named by Cope (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horsetail Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Colorado.
It was synonymized subjectively with Titanotherium torvum by Osborn (1896); it was recombined as Brontotherium bucco by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Megacerops bucco by Osborn (1929); it was considered a nomen dubium by Mader (1989) and Mader (1998).
It was synonymized subjectively with Titanotherium torvum by Osborn (1896); it was recombined as Brontotherium bucco by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Megacerops bucco by Osborn (1929); it was considered a nomen dubium by Mader (1989) and Mader (1998).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Megacerops bucco Cope 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Mader 1998 | |||||
Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Symborodon bucco (16977) |