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Sinopa pungens
Taxonomy
Stypolophus pungens was named by Cope (1872) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cottonwood Creek (Lower Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Stypolophus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Sinopa rapax by Wortman (1902) and Gunnell (1998); it was recombined as Proviverra pungens by Van Valen (1965); it was recombined as Sinopa pungens by Scott (1892), Matthew (1899), Matthew (1901), Matthew (1909), Matthew and Granger (1915), Gazin (1976) and Morlo et al. (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Sinopa rapax by Wortman (1902) and Gunnell (1998); it was recombined as Proviverra pungens by Van Valen (1965); it was recombined as Sinopa pungens by Scott (1892), Matthew (1899), Matthew (1901), Matthew (1909), Matthew and Granger (1915), Gazin (1976) and Morlo et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1871 | Stypolophus pungens Cope p. 466 |
| 1872 | Stypolophus pungens Cope p. 1 |
| 1892 | Sinopa pungens Scott p. 310 |
| 1899 | Sinopa pungens Matthew |
| 1901 | Sinopa pungens Matthew |
| 1902 | Stypolophus pungens Hay p. 752 |
| 1909 | Sinopa pungens Matthew |
| 1915 | Sinopa pungens Matthew and Granger |
| 1965 | Proviverra pungens Van Valen |
| 1976 | Sinopa pungens Gazin |
| 2014 | Sinopa pungens Morlo et al. |
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†Sinopa pungens Cope 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available