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Ellipsodon yotankae
Taxonomy
Ellipsodon yotankae was named by Van Valen (1978). Its type specimen is ACM 6359, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 3/4 mile south of Route 44, which is in a Puercan/Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
It was synonymized subjectively with Ellipsodon grangeri by Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996).
It was synonymized subjectively with Ellipsodon grangeri by Williamson and Lucas (1993) and Williamson (1996).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Ellipsodon yotankae Van Valen |
| 2007 | Ellipsodon yotankae Williamson and Carr |
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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.
†Ellipsodon yotankae Van Valen 1978
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Puercan - Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Ellipsodon yotankae (193959 193960 193961 193962 193963 193964 193965 type locality: 193966) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Ellipsodon yotankae (14816) |