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Protitanops curryi
Taxonomy
Protitanops curryi was named by Stock (1936) [genotype]. Its type specimen is CIT 1854, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Titus Canyon, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Titus Canyon Formation of California. It is the type species of Protitanops.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1936 | Protitanops curryi Stock |
| 2008 | Protitanops curryi Mihlbachler p. 413 |
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†Protitanops curryi Stock 1936
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. Stock 1936 | Upper incisors 2; teeth small, crowns oval and non-cingulate. Canines less robust than in Brontops. Small diastema between canine and P~. Premolars with well developed internal cingula, but no external cingula. Nasals long and broad. Horns larger than in Protitanotherium, oval in cross-section, but with transverse diameter greater, in relation to fore and aft diameter than in Uinta genus. Horns directed outward as well as upward. Dorsal surface of cranium narrow. Size large and intermediate between that of Protitanotherium emarginatum and that of Brontops robustus. This species is named for H. Donald Curry, discoverer of the first titanothere in the lower Tertiary of the Grapevine Mountains. |