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Taxonomy
Miocyon magnus was named by Bryant (1992). Its type specimen is SMNH P1900.1, a tooth (right [lower] M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lac Pelletier Lower Fauna, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Cypress Hills Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1992 | Miocyon magnus Bryant |
2010 | Miocyon magnus Friscia and Rasmussen p. 52 |
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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.
†Miocyon magnus Bryant 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Friscia and Rasmussen 2010, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Flynn 1998 |
Age range: Duchesnean or 39.70000 to 37.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Duchesnean | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Prodaphaenus sp. (type locality: 16845) |