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Harpagolestes macrocephalus
Taxonomy
Harpagolestes macrocephalus was named by Wortman (1901) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Smith's Fork, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Harpagolestes.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1901 | Harpagolestes macrocephalus Wortman p. 62 |
| 1930 | Harpagolestes macrocephalus Hay p. 469 |
| 1966 | Harpagolestes macrocephalus Szalay and Gould p. 141 |
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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.
†Harpagolestes macrocephalus Wortman 1901
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Harpagolestes macrocephalus (16253 16284 type locality: 16414) |