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Taxonomy
Plionarctos edensis was named by Frick (1926) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH 18115, a maxilla (partial maxilla with partial M1 and complete M2), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mount Eden, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Mt. Eden Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Plionarctos edensis Frick |
| 1998 | Plionarctos edensis Hunt, Jr. p. 184 |
| 2001 | Plionarctos edensis Tedford and Martin p. 311 |
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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.
†Plionarctos edensis Frick 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (California) | Plionarctos edensis (type locality: 19445) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Indiana) | Plionarctos edensis (18320) |