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Taxonomy
Tephrocyon hippophagus was named by Matthew and Cook (1909). Its type specimen is AMNH 13836, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trojan Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska.
It was synonymized subjectively with Tomarctus brevirostris by Matthew (1924), VanderHoof and Gregory (1940) and Olsen (1956); it was recombined as Tomarctus hippophaga by Storer (1975), Skinner et al. (1977), Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).
It was synonymized subjectively with Tomarctus brevirostris by Matthew (1924), VanderHoof and Gregory (1940) and Olsen (1956); it was recombined as Tomarctus hippophaga by Storer (1975), Skinner et al. (1977), Wang et al. (1999) and Wang et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1909 | Tephrocyon hippophagus Matthew and Cook p. 373 fig. 4 |
1975 | Tomarctus hippophaga Storer |
1977 | Tomarctus hippophaga Skinner et al. |
1999 | Tomarctus hippophaga Wang et al. |
2008 | Tomarctus hippophaga Wang et al. |
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†Tomarctus hippophaga Matthew and Cook 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available