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Ptilodontidae
Taxonomy
Ptilodontidae was named by Cope (1887). It is not extant. Its type is Ptilodus. It is the type family of Ptilodontoidea. It was considered monophyletic by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001).
It was assigned to Multituberculata by Simpson (1928); to Plagiaulacoidea by Simpson (1929); to Plagiaulacoidae by Hay (1930); to Multituberculata by Simpson (1927), Wood and Ormsbee (1954) and Gazin (1969); to Ptilodontoidea by Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Ptilodontoidea by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Scott et al. (2002) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Multituberculata by Simpson (1928); to Plagiaulacoidea by Simpson (1929); to Plagiaulacoidae by Hay (1930); to Multituberculata by Simpson (1927), Wood and Ormsbee (1954) and Gazin (1969); to Ptilodontoidea by Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Ptilodontoidea by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Scott et al. (2002) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Aenigmamys, Allacodon, Baiotomeus, Camptomus, Kimbetohia, Prochetodon, Ptilodus (syn. Chirox) (type genus)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1887 | Ptilodontidae Cope |
1927 | Ptilodontidae Simpson p. 2 |
1928 | Ptilodontidae Simpson p. 2 |
1929 | Ptilodontidae Simpson pp. 11, 100 |
1930 | Ptilodontidae Hay p. 378 |
1954 | Ptilodontidae Wood and Ormsbee p. 26 |
1965 | Ptilodontidae Sloan and Van Valen p. 221 |
1969 | Ptilodontidae Gazin p. 3 |
1979 | Ptilodontidae Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101 |
1997 | Ptilodontidae McKenna and Bell |
2001 | Ptilodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418 |
2002 | Ptilodontidae Scott et al. p. 692 |
2004 | Ptilodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 333-334 |
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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.
Fm. †Ptilodontidae Cope 1887
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G. †Allacodon Marsh 1889
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†Allacodon fortis Marsh 1892
†Allacodon lentus Marsh 1889
†Allacodon pumilus Marsh 1889
G. †Baiotomeus Krause 1987
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†Baiotomeus douglassi Simpson 1935
†Baiotomeus lamberti Krause 1987
†Baiotomeus rhothonion Scott 2003
†Baiotomeus russelli Scott et al. 2002
G. †Kimbetohia Simpson 1936
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†Kimbetohia campi Simpson 1936
†Kimbetohia mziae Middleton and Dewar 2004
G. †Prochetodon Jepsen 1940
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†Prochetodon cavus Jepsen 1940
†Prochetodon foxi Krause 1987
†Prochetodon speirsae Scott 2004
†Prochetodon taxus Krause 1987
G. †Ptilodus Cope 1881
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†Ptilodus ferronensis Gazin 1941
†Ptilodus fractus Dorr 1952
†Ptilodus gnomus Scott et al. 2002
†Ptilodus kummae Krause 1977
†Ptilodus tsosiensis Sloan 1981
†Ptilodus wyomingensis Jepsen 1940
Invalid names: Chirox Cope 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Krause 1982, Hopson 1973 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 83.50000 to 55.80000 Ma
Collections (130 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Kimbetohia campi (14498) | |
Lancian | Canada (Alberta) | Ptilodontidae indet. (14634) | |
Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Allacodon lentus (14589 14591 14606) Allacodon lentus, Camptomus amplus, Allacodon pumilis (14565) Allacodon sp., Allacodon lentus, Allacodon pumilis (14587) | |
Pu2 | Canada (Alberta) | Aenigmamys aries (220172) | |
Puercan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Prochetodon sp. (14691) Ptilodus tsosiensis (14768) | |
Puercan | USA (Wyoming) | Baiotomeus sp. (14804) Ptilodus sp. (14730) Ptilodus tsosiensis (14724 14729 14732) | |
Puercan | USA (Utah) | Kimbetohia campi (133427) Ptilodus tsosiensis (14692) | |
Puercan | USA (Colorado) | Kimbetohia mziae (14658) | |
Puercan | USA (New Mexico) | Kimbetohia campi, Ptilodus tsosiensis (14760) | |
Puercan | USA (Montana) | Kimbetohia mziae (14761) Kimbetohia sp., Ptilodus tsosiensis (14766) | |
Danian | USA (North Dakota) | Prochetodon foxi, Ptilodus wyomingensis (14962) | |
To2 | Canada (Alberta) | Ptilodus gnomus, Ptilodus sp., Baiotomeus sp. (14894) Ptilodus montanus (99007) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Utah) | Ptilodontidae indet., Ptilodus ferronensis (14830) | |
Torrejonian | Canada (Alberta) | Baiotomeus douglassi (14822) Baiotomeus russelli, Ptilodus wyomingensis (194573) Baiotomeus sp. (194574) Baiotomeus sp., Ptilodus sp. (14828) Ptilodus wyomingensis (143200 194575) | |
Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Ptilodontidae indet. (14873) Ptilodus mediaevus (14893) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Texas) | Ptilodus mediaevus (14884 14956) Ptilodus mediaevus, Mimetodon douglassi (14948) Ptilodus sp. (14829) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Baiotomeus douglassi, Ptilodus mediaevus (14886) Baiotomeus douglassi, Ptilodus wyomingensis (14912) Ptilodus douglassi (14879) Ptilodus sp. (14896 14897 14898 14899 14901 14903 14904 14905) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | Baiotomeus lamberti (14874 14875 14876) Ptilodus montanus (14885 14919 14920) Ptilodus montanus, Ptilodus douglassi (14906 14913) | |
Torrejonian - Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Baiotomeus lamberti (14820 14855) Ptilodus mediaevus (14858) Ptilodus sp., Ptilodus mediaevus (14851) | |
Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | Ptilodus sp., Ptilodus gnomus, Prochetodon speirsae, Baiotomeus sp. (14939) | |
Ti3 | Canada (Alberta) | Prochetodon sp., Ptilodus sp. (14992) Ptilodus sp., Prochetodon speirsae (14928) | |
Ti4 | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Prochetodon foxi, Ptilodus kummae (14978) | |
Tiffanian | USA (California) | Ptilodus sp. (14872) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Colorado) | Ptilodus kummae (14967 174227) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | Prochetodon foxi, Ptilodus kummae (15033) Ptilodus montanus (14937) Ptilodus sp. (14955 15025 15037 15047 15048 15064) | |
Tiffanian | Canada (Alberta) | Baiotomeus sp., Ptilodus sp. (14951 14954) Prochetodon foxi, Ptilodus kummae (14995) Prochetodon sp., Ptilodus sp. (14959) Ptilodus sp. (14925 14929 14945 14973) Ptilodus sp., Prochetodon sp. (14957) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Neoplagiaulax fractus (15034) Prochetodon cavus (15007 15029 15049 15057 15065 26569) Prochetodon taxus (190419 190462) Ptilodontidae indet., Neoplagiaulax fractus (14944) Ptilodus kummae (14952 15055 15059 15066 15069 190436) Ptilodus montanus (14926 14965) Ptilodus sp. (14999 15012 15013 15016 15027 15031 15061 15067) Ptilodus sp., Ectypodus hazeni (14989) Ptilodus sp., Ptilodus kummae (14936 15017) Ptilodus sp., Ptilodus sp. (15036) | |
Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Prochetodon sp., Ptilodus kummae (14976) Ptilodus kummae (14977) Ptilodus montanus (14931) Ptilodus sp. (15006) Ptilodus sp., Ptilodus wyomingensis (15000) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Prochetodon foxi, Ptilodus kummae (15024) Ptilodus kummae (15018) | |
Clarkforkian | USA (Colorado) | Ptilodus sp. (15219 15252) | |
Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Prochetodon cavus (15082 15204) Prochetodon cavus, Ptilodus kummae (15028) Prochetodon sp. (15075 15216) Prochetodon taxus (15089 190460) |