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Hessolestes
Taxonomy
Hessolestes was named by Peterson (1931). It is not extant. Its type is Hessolestes ultimus.
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Szalay and Gould (1966); and to Mesonychidae by Peterson (1931), Gustafson (1986), McKenna and Bell (1997), Gingerich (1998).
It was assigned to Mesonychinae by Szalay and Gould (1966); and to Mesonychidae by Peterson (1931), Gustafson (1986), McKenna and Bell (1997), Gingerich (1998).
Species
H. ultimus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Hessolestes Peterson |
| 1966 | Hessolestes Szalay and Gould p. 134 |
| 1986 | Hessolestes Gustafson |
| 1997 | Hessolestes McKenna and Bell p. 367 |
| 1998 | Hessolestes Gingerich p. 427 figs. FIgure 1 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Uintan | USA (Texas) | H. sp. (16633 16638) | |
| Duchesnean | USA (Utah) | H. ultimus (16861) |