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Ectypodus tardus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Parectypodus tardus was named by Jepsen (1940).

It was recombined as Ectypodus tardus by Sloan (1981), Krause (1982), Gingerich (1989) and Rose et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Parectypodus tardus Jepsen
1981Ectypodus tardus Sloan
1982Ectypodus tardus Krause
1989Ectypodus tardus Gingerich
2012Ectypodus tardus Rose et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyNeoplagiaulacidae
genusEctypodus
speciestardus()

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.

†Ectypodus tardus Jepsen 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:54:47
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:54:47
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Gunnell et al. 1995, Krause 1982

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Wasatchian or 61.70000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Ectypodus tardus (15036)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Ectypodus tardus (38868)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Ectypodus tardus (15458 15465 15466 15472 15491 15493 15500 15501 15512 15592 15731 15747 15758 15759 15779 15788 15790 15793)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Ectypodus tardus (15485 15725 15845 15887)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Ectypodus tardus (154254)