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Leptauchenia decora
Taxonomy
Leptauchenia decora was named by Leidy (1856) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eagle Nest Butte (Sharps Fm.), which is in an Arikareean fluvial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1856 | Leptauchenia decora Leidy p. 88 |
1857 | Leptauchenia decora Leidy p. 89 |
1877 | Pithecistes brevifacies Cope p. 219 |
1884 | Leptauchenia decora Cope p. 546 |
1884 | Pithecistes brevifacies Cope p. 558 |
1884 | Pithecistes decedens Cope p. 558 |
1888 | Pithecistes facies Cope |
1899 | Cyclopidius decedens Matthew |
1902 | Cyclopidius brevifacies Hay p. 670 |
1902 | Cyclopidius decedens Hay p. 670 |
1902 | Leptauchenia decora Hay p. 670 |
1921 | Cyclopidius (Chelonocephalus) schucherti Thorpe |
1925 | Pithecistes breviceps Loomis |
1925 | Cyclopidius schucherti Loomis p. 248 |
1935 | Cyclopidius brevifacies Schlaikjer |
1935 | Leptauchenia minora Schlaikjer p. 164 figs. Plate 41 |
1937 | Leptauchenia decora Thorpe p. 235 figs. Fig. 6; PI. XXXV; PI. XLVIII, fig. 2 |
1937 | Leptauchenia minora Thorpe p. 239 figs. PL XXXVI, fig. 4 |
1937 | Cyclopidius (Chelonocephalus) schucherti Thorpe p. 256 figs. Figs. 183-185 |
1940 | Cyclopidius loganensis Koerner |
1940 | Leptauchenia decora Scott p. 703 |
1968 | Hadroleptauchenia eiseleyi Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Hadroleptauchenia primitiva Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Leptauchenia harveyi Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Leptauchenia martini Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Leptauchenia parasimus Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Pithecistes altageringensis Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Pithecistes copei Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Pithecistes mariae Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Pithecistes tanneri Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Pseudocyclopidius orellaensis Schultz and Falkenbach |
1968 | Pithecistes brevifacies Schultz and Falkenbach p. 268 figs. Figures 32, 40 |
1968 | Leptauchenia decora Schultz and Falkenbach p. 277 figs. Figures 33, 38, 40, 41, 43, 53 |
1968 | Hadroleptauchenia eiseleyi Schultz and Falkenbach p. 306 figs. igures 35 and 38 |
1998 | Leptauchenia brevifacies Lander |
1998 | Leptauchenia eiselyi Lander |
1998 | Leptauchenia major loganensis Lander |
1998 | Leptauchenia major schucherti Lander |
1998 | Leptauchenia orellaensis Lander |
2007 | Leptauchenia decora Stevens and Stevens p. 158 |
2008 | Leptauchenia decora Prothero and Sanchez |
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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.
†Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856
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Invalid names: Cyclopidius (Chelonocephalus) schucherti Thorpe 1921 [synonym], Cyclopidius loganensis Koerner 1940 [synonym], Hadroleptauchenia eiseleyi Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Hadroleptauchenia primitiva Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Leptauchenia harveyi Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Leptauchenia martini Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Leptauchenia minora Schlaikjer 1935 [synonym], Leptauchenia parasimus Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Pithecistes altageringensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Pithecistes breviceps Loomis 1925 [synonym], Pithecistes brevifacies Cope 1877 [synonym], Pithecistes copei Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Pithecistes decedens Cope 1884 [synonym], Pithecistes facies Cope 1888 [synonym], Pithecistes mariae Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Pithecistes tanneri Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym], Pseudocyclopidius orellaensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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D. R. Prothero and F. Sanchez 2008 | Relatively small leptaucheniines (P2-M3 length = 30- 50 mm; M1-2 length = 14-22 mm; M1-3 length = 21-34 mm; skull length = 80-105 mm) with less robust zygomatic arches and smaller orbits; teeth subhypsodont to hypsodont; styles on M1-3 and stylids on m1-3 well developed. |