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Haplomylus speirianus

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Taxonomy
Hyopsodus speirianus was named by Cope (1880). It is the type species of Haplomylus.

It was recombined as Microsyops speirianus by Cope (1881), Osborn (1902) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Haplomylus speirianus by Matthew (1915), Hay (1930), Simpson (1937), Gazin (1968), Gingerich (1980) and Robinson and Williams (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Hyopsodus speirianus Cope
1881Microsyops speirianus Cope
1902Microsyops speirianus Hay p. 791
1902Microsyops speirianus Osborn p. 210 figs. Figure 37
1915Haplomylus speirianus Matthew
1930Haplomylus speirianus Hay p. 445
1937Haplomylus speirianus Simpson
1968Haplomylus speirianus Gazin
1980Haplomylus speirianus Gingerich
1997Haplomylus speirianus Robinson and Williams

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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
genusHaplomylus
speciesspeirianus(Cope 1880)

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.

Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880
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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: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Graybullian to the top of the Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (175 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Haplomylus speirianus (15878)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Haplomylus speirianus (15220 15222 15267 15350 15353 15357 15366 15450 15480 15485 15725 15845 15863 15864 15865 15868 15870 15887)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Haplomylus speirianus (15455 15468 15471 15472 15491 15493 15495 15503 15504 15505 15507 15509 15510 15512 15513 15514 15515 15516 15517 15518 15519 15520 15521 15522 15523 15524 15531 15586 15588 15589 15592 15594 15673 15683 15717 15721 15729 15756 15779 15793 15883 15884 15889 15891 15912 15932 15933 15994 16018 16020 16021 16024 16025 16027 16028 16029 16030 16031 16032 16033 16034 16038 16039 16040 16041 16042 16045 16046 16048 16049 16050 16051 16052 16055 46636 46639 46641 46642 46644 46647 46656 46657 46659 46667 46668 46669 46673 46685 46686 46688 46690 46693 46694 46697 46698 46721 46722 46724 46726 46727 46744 46768 46770 46771 46772 46773 46774 46775 46777 46778 46780 46782 46783 46784 46785 46786 46787 46788 46790 46792 46793 46794 46795 46796 46797 46798 46799 46800 46803 46804 46805 46807 46808 46809 46812 46813 46814 46815 46816 46817 46818 46819 46822 46823 46824 46828 46830 46831 46832 46834 46838 46839 46844 118482) Haplomylus speirianus, Haplomylus scottianus (15699)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Haplomylus speirianus (15679)