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Merycoides stouti
Taxonomy
Phenacocoelus stouti was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1950). Its type specimen is F:AM 44839, a skull (Skull with I1-I2 alv. and I3-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guernsey, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Wyoming.
It was synonymized subjectively with Merycoides longiceps by Lander (1998); it was recombined as Merycoides stouti by Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Merycoides longiceps by Lander (1998); it was recombined as Merycoides stouti by Stevens and Stevens (2007) and Stevens et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1950 | Phenacocoelus stouti Schultz and Falkenbach p. 107 figs. 1-3, 11, 13-15 |
| 2007 | Merycoides stouti Stevens and Stevens p. 163 |
| 2023 | Merycoides stouti Stevens et al. p. 30 figs. Figure 23D-F; Appendix 1D; Table A6 |
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†Merycoides stouti Schultz and Falkenbach 1950
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach 1950 | SKULL: Largest known form of the genus; frontals rounded laterally; nasal retracted anteriorly to a point above anterior portion ofP1; anterior nasal-maxillacontact inregion above P2;typical round supraorbital foramen present (not an oblong vacuity as in P. typus or elongated slot-like depression as in P. kayi), with prominent groove extending forward and downward on side of face to ap- proximately the anterior border of large lacrimal fossa; zygomatic arch moderately heavy, with gradual rise posteriorly, extending to and above posterior border of post-glenoid process (similar to arch of P. kayi, not U-shaped in outline as in P. typus); malar deeper than in other species of genus; infraorbital foramen above P4 , enlarged; bulla similar to that of P. kayi, with inferior surface more depressed towards basioccipital than in P. typus; postglenoid process robust, wide transversely.
MANDIBLE: Largest of genus; similar in shape to that of P. kayi; ramus shallower than examples of P. typus; inferior border with more downward curve below M3 than in other species of genus. DENTITION: Superior and inferior series longer and more robust than in other species of Phenacocoelus; C/ and P1moderately large and heavy; premolars not crowded, tendency to slight diastema between P1 and P2 ; p1 usually set at slight angle to alveolar border; Pr-P3 each set at slight angle to alveolar border; weak posterior intermediate crest developed on P2. LIMBS:Approximately same length as examples of P. kayi; considerably longer than those of P. typus; more robust than in either of these two species. | |
| M. S. Stevens et al. 2023 | Largest species of Merycoides (M1-3 length =57-63 mm). |