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Mesogaulus
Taxonomy
Mesogaulus was named by Riggs (1899). It is not extant. Its type is Mesogaulus paniensis.
It was assigned to Mylagaulidae by Riggs (1899), Hay (1902) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Mylagaulinae by Lu et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Mylagaulidae by Riggs (1899), Hay (1902) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Mylagaulinae by Lu et al. (2016).
Species
M. ballensis, M. paniensis (syn. M. praecursor) (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1899 | Mesogaulus Riggs |
1902 | Mesogaulus Hay p. 721 |
1997 | Mesogaulus McKenna and Bell |
2016 | Mesogaulus Lu 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.
G. †Mesogaulus Riggs 1899
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†Mesogaulus ballensis Riggs 1899
†Mesogaulus paniensis Matthew 1902
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Invalid names: Mesogaulus praecursor Cook and Gregory 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | M. praecursor (17737) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Colorado) | M. paniensis (18978) | |
Miocene | USA (Montana) | M. ballensis (19012) M. douglassi (18919) | |
Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | M. paniensis (17934 26019 69808 69915 69916) Mylagaulidae indet. (17892) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Colorado) | M. paniensis (17965) Mylagaulus paniensis (17893) | |
Hemingfordian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Mylagaulodon angulatus (18003) | |
Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Montana) | M. ballensis (18803) |