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Synoplotherium lanius
Taxonomy
Synoplotherium lanius was named by Cope (1872) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH FM 5022, a partial skeleton (partial right and left dentaries, premaxillary and maxillary fragments bearing right I2–I3 and right and left C1, partial right and left manus, and additional, ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammoth Butte, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Washakie Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Synoplotherium.
It was recombined as Mesonyx lanius by Cope (1880), Cope (1880), Hay (1902).
It was recombined as Mesonyx lanius by Cope (1880), Cope (1880), Hay (1902).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Synoplotherium lanius Cope |
| 1880 | Mesonyx lanius Cope |
| 1902 | Mesonyx lanius Hay p. 750 |
| 1930 | Synoplotherium lanius Hay p. 469 |
| 2021 | Synoplotherium lanius Tomiya et al. |
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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.
†Synoplotherium lanius Cope 1872
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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, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Synoplotherium lanius (223463 223475 223476 223480 223482 type locality: 223503 223506) |