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Hypertragulus planiceps
Taxonomy
Allomeryx planiceps was named by Sinclair (1905) [genotype]. Its type specimen is UCMP 104, a partial skull (Cranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Allomeryx.
It was recombined as Hypertragulus planiceps by Frick (1937), Whistler and Lander (2003); it was recombined as Nanotragulus planiceps by Webb (1998), Vislobokova (2001), Albright et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Hypertragulus planiceps by Frick (1937), Whistler and Lander (2003); it was recombined as Nanotragulus planiceps by Webb (1998), Vislobokova (2001), Albright et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1905 | Allomeryx planiceps Sinclair p. 129 figs. PI. 14, Figs. 1 and 2 |
| 1922 | Allomeryx planiceps Lull p. 113 |
| 1937 | Hypertragulus planiceps Frick |
| 1998 | Nanotragulus planiceps Webb |
| 2001 | Nanotragulus planiceps Vislobokova p. S140 |
| 2003 | Hypertragulus planiceps Whistler and Lander p. 253 |
| 2008 | Nanotragulus planiceps Albright et al. p. 229 |
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†Hypertragulus planiceps Sinclair 1905
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. J. Sinclair 1905 | Dentition ~,~,;i',~. pa three rooted. p4 with inner and 0uter crescents. :Molars without mesostyle, ex- ternal ribs prominent and about equally developed. :Metastyle on l\cP much produced. Forehead flat. Sagittal. crest low and not elevated above interorbital plane, terminating posteriorly in a prominent triangular knob. Brain case well rounded' at sides, somewhat flattened above. Orbits prominent and completely inclosed with strongly developed frontal and jugal processes. A prelachrymal vacuity pre~ent. Bullae small, with outgrowth of petrosal between bulla and basioccipital. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Webb 1998, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||