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Mytonomeryx scotti
Taxonomy
Mytonomeryx scotti was named by Gazin (1955) [genotype]. Its type specimen is USNM 20401, a partial skeleton (Skull, jaws, and other skeletal portions), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Mytonomeryx.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1955 | Mytonomeryx scotti Gazin |
2007 | Mytonomeryx scotti Theodor et al. p. 53 |
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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.
†Mytonomeryx scotti Gazin 1955
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. L. Gazin 1955 | Comparable in size with contemporary Penta- cemylus progressus, but with cheek teeth sHghtly smaller. Other characters not distinguished from those cited for the genus. |
Measurements
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Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Stucky 1998, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Uintan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Mytonomeryx scotti (16626) | |
Uintan | USA (Utah) | Mytonomeryx scotti (type locality: 16607) |