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Spalacotherium tricuspidens
Taxonomy
Spalacotherium tricuspidens was named by Owen (1854). Its type specimen is BMNH 46019, a mandible (left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1854 | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Owen p. 426 figs. 9-12 |
1859 | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Owen p. 160 |
1871 | Peralestes longirostris Owen |
1871 | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Owen p. 21 figs. Pl. 1, figs 32-33 |
1871 | Peralestes longirostris Owen p. 33 figs. pl. 2, fig. 3 |
1925 | Peralestes longirostris Simpson p. 569 |
1925 | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Simpson p. 569 |
1928 | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Simpson p. 99 |
1928 | Peralestes longirostris Simpson p. 104 figs. pl. 7, fig. 7; text-fig. 33 |
1963 | Peralestes longirostris Clemens |
1963 | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Clemens |
1971 | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Clemens and Lees p. 124 |
1979 | Spalacotherium longirostris Cassiliano and Clemens p. 151 |
2004 | Spalacotherium tricuspidens Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 367-368 |
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†Spalacotherium tricuspidens Owen 1854
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Invalid names: Peralestes longirostris Owen 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available