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Strathcona minor
Taxonomy
Strathcona minor was named by Dawson (2001). Its type specimen is CMN 32367, a tooth (?m1 sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ellesmere Island (Lower), which is in a Wasatchian deltaic horizon in the Margaret Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Strathcona.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Strathcona minor Dawson p. 1111 figs. Pl. 1.4 |
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†Strathcona minor Dawson 2001
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. R. Dawson 2001 | Lower molars have very short posterior arm of protoconid; strong anterior arm of ectolophid; cusps high and discrete. Smaller than other known species of genus. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Strathcona minor (type locality: 15583) |