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Apheliscus chydaeus

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Taxonomy
Apheliscus chydaeus was named by Gingerich (1994). Its type locality is SC-125, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Apheliscus chydaeus Gingerich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyApheliscidaeMatthew 1918
genusApheliscusCope 1875
specieschydaeus

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.

†Apheliscus chydaeus Gingerich 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Apheliscus chydaeus (15586 15587 15726 15727 15731 15733 15736 15738 15740 15742 15753 15754 15755 15758 15774 type locality: 15775 15788 15790 15792 15794 15796 15797 15800 15815 15816 15819 15820 15822 15823 15825 15829 46721 46727 46780 46782 46785 46788 46798 46804 46809 46813 46814 46819 46838) Apheliscus insidiosus (15491 15793) Apheliscus sp. (15493 15504 15729 15756 15779)