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Guangxicyon sinoamericanus
Taxonomy
Guangxicyon sinoamericanus was named by Zhai et al. (2003). Its type specimen is IVPP 11818, a partial skeleton (left mandible, left humerus, and right tibia), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is IVPP 73083, which is in an Eocene terrestrial mudstone in the Nadu Formation of China. It is the type species of Guangxicyon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Guangxicyon sinoamericanus Zhai et al. p. 294 figs. 2-7 |
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†Guangxicyon sinoamericanus Zhai et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Hunt 1998 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | China (Guangxi) | Guangxicyon sinoamericanus (type locality: 60126) |