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Priacodon ferox
Taxonomy
Tinodon ferox was named by Marsh (1880). Its type specimen is YPM 606, a mandible (right mandible with P1-3, M1-3 and additional aveoli), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Priacodon.
It was recombined as Priacodon ferox by Marsh (1887), Hay (1902), Simpson (1925), Simpson (1925), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Rasmussen and Callison (1981) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Priacodon ferox by Marsh (1887), Hay (1902), Simpson (1925), Simpson (1925), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Rasmussen and Callison (1981) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1880 | Tinodon ferox Marsh p. 236 |
1887 | Priacodon ferox Marsh p. 341 |
1902 | Priacodon ferox Hay p. 567 |
1925 | Priacodon ferox Simpson p. 159 fig. 5 |
1929 | Priacodon ferox Simpson pp. 34-35 |
1930 | Priacodon ferox Hay p. 370 |
1979 | Priacodon ferox Jenkins and Crompton p. 75 |
1981 | Priacodon ferox Rasmussen and Callison p. 633 |
2004 | Priacodon ferox Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 245-246 |
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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.
†Priacodon ferox Marsh 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Tinodon ferox (type locality: 12816) |