Pachyaena ossifraga Cope
Object Details
- Collector
- Dr. Edward D. Cope
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic - Paleogene - Eocene - Wasatchian
- Record Last Modified
- 17 Oct 2024
- Skeletal Morphology
- Skull element, T-U-M1
- Stratigraphy
- San Jose Fm
- Collection Date
- 28 Sep 1874
- USNM Number
- V1096
- Type Citation
- Cope. 1877. U.S.Geogr.Surveys West Of 100th Meridian Rept. pl.39,f.10.
- Cope. 1874. U.S.Chief Of Engineers Ann.Rept., Appendix Ff. 125.
- Matthew. 1909. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Mem. 9,pt.6 491, unfig.
- Cope. 1875. Ann.Rept.Chief Engineers, Appendix. 94.
- Osborn, Wortman, J. L. 1892. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 4 (n.1): 112-113, tf.118.
- Matthew, Granger. 1915. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 34 92-96.
- Matthew. 1899. Am.Mus.Nat.Hist.Bull. 12 31.
- Cope. 1875. Geogr.Explor.Surveys W.100th Meridian Rept. 11.
- Cope. 1882. Am.Naturalist. 16 334.
- Cope. 1882. Am.Philos.Soc.Proc. 20 165.
- Cope. 1885. U.S.Geol.Survey Rept. 3 362.
- Type Status
- holotype
- type
- Place
- Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
- Published Name
- Pachyaena ossifraga Cope
- Mesonyx ossifragus (Cope)
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- Paleogeneral
- Types: Mammals Terrestrial
- Mammalia Primary Type
- Paleobiology
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Mesonychia Mesonychidae
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_3427786
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3250914f7-b9f8-4dd5-8693-8cb43aa466af
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