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Taxonomy
Otospermophilus argonautus was named by Stirton and Goeriz (1942). Its type specimen is UCMP 34281, a partial skeleton (A fragment of a right mandibular ramus with P4 and M1, and pieces of the pelvis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schell Ranch, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial tuff in the Mehrten Formation of California.
It was recombined as Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus by Bryant (1945); it was recombined as Citellus argonautus by Wilson (1949) and Black (1963); it was recombined as Spermophilus argonautus by Shotwell (1968), Wilson and Reeder (1993) and Korth (1994).
It was recombined as Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus by Bryant (1945); it was recombined as Citellus argonautus by Wilson (1949) and Black (1963); it was recombined as Spermophilus argonautus by Shotwell (1968), Wilson and Reeder (1993) and Korth (1994).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1942 | Otospermophilus argonautus Stirton and Goeriz |
1945 | Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus Bryant p. 353 |
1949 | Citellus argonautus Wilson |
1963 | Citellus argonautus Black |
1968 | Spermophilus argonautus Shotwell |
1986 | Otospermophilus argonautus Barnosky |
1993 | Spermophilus argonautus Wilson and Reeder |
1994 | Spermophilus argonautus Korth |
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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.
†Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus Stirton and Goeriz 1942
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. D. Bryant 1945 | Mandibular ramus small, about the size of that of Citellus gidleyi; p4 and m1 relatively large; m1 long in relation to width, nearly rhomboidal in occlusal view; mesostylids absent; ectolophids situated well in from labial margin of m1. Masseteric crests more prominent than in C. gidleyi. |