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Hyaenodon brachycephalus
Taxonomy
Hyaenodon brachycephalus was named by Osborn (1909). Its type specimen is AMNH 13264, a mandible (Lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower beds, west of Quarry A, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
It was recombined as Metapterodon brachycephalus by Holroyd (1999).
It was recombined as Metapterodon brachycephalus by Holroyd (1999).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Hyaenodon brachycephalus Osborn 1909
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Gunnell 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections
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