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Carcinodon antiquus
Taxonomy
Chriacus antiquus was named by Simpson (1936). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 27714, a maxilla (P3, M1-3).
It was recombined as Oxyclaenus antiquus by Van Valen and Sloan (1965), Middleton (1978), Williamson (1996), Eberle and Lillegraven (1998); it was recombined as Baioconodon antiquus by Van Valen (1978); it was recombined as Carcinodon antiquus by Williamson and Carr (2007).
It was recombined as Oxyclaenus antiquus by Van Valen and Sloan (1965), Middleton (1978), Williamson (1996), Eberle and Lillegraven (1998); it was recombined as Baioconodon antiquus by Van Valen (1978); it was recombined as Carcinodon antiquus by Williamson and Carr (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Chriacus antiquus Simpson |
| 1965 | Oxyclaenus antiquus Van Valen and Sloan |
| 1978 | Oxyclaenus antiquus Middleton |
| 1978 | Baioconodon antiquus Van Valen |
| 1996 | Oxyclaenus antiquus Williamson |
| 1998 | Oxyclaenus antiquus Eberle and Lillegraven |
| 2007 | Carcinodon antiquus Williamson and Carr |
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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.
†Carcinodon antiquus Simpson 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||