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Cynocercus incisus
Taxonomy
Cynocercus incisus was named by Cope (1872). Its type specimen is AMNH 1583, a set of postcrania (two caudal vertebrae, metapodial), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Butte Creek, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian carbonate chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Cynocercus.
It was corrected as Cynocercus incisivus by Hay (1905); it was considered a nomen dubium by Osborn (1930); it was misspelled as Cynocercus incisivus by Zangerl (1953).
It was corrected as Cynocercus incisivus by Hay (1905); it was considered a nomen dubium by Osborn (1930); it was misspelled as Cynocercus incisivus by Zangerl (1953).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Cynocercus incisus Cope 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Cynocercus incisus (type locality: 85294) |