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Wrightohyus yatkolai
Discussion
type locality is "UNSM locality Dw-140, Runningwater Formation (early Hemingfordian), Dawes County, Nebraska (Yatkola, 1978)."
Taxonomy
Wrightohyus yatkolai was named by Prothero (2015). Its type specimen is UNSM 62604, a skull (a skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil.
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.
†Wrightohyus yatkolai Prothero 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. R. Prothero 2015 | [Same as for genus] Skull smaller than Desmathyus or Hesperhys, with smaller canine buttresses. Narrower lingual cingula on P3. The p3 has two trigonid cusps, rather than one as in other hesperhyines. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Harrisonian to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 23.10000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Harrisonian | USA (Wyoming) | Wrightohyus yatkolai (17839) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Wrightohyus yatkolai (17891) |