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Ectocion osbornianus

Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Oligotomus osbornianus was named by Cope (1882). It is the type species of Ectocion.

It was misspelled as Ectocion osbornianum by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Ectocion osbornianus by Cope (1883), Cope (1885), Granger (1915), West (1976), Gingerich (1980), Thewissen (1990) and Rose et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Oligotomus osbornianus Cope p. 182
1883Ectocion osbornianus Cope
1885Ectocion osbornianus Cope
1902Ectocion osbornianum Hay p. 605
1915Ectocion osbornianus Granger
1915Ectocion ralstonensis Granger
1956Ectocion ralstonensis Gazin
1960Ectocion ralstonensis McKenna
1976Ectocion osbornianus West
1980Ectocion osbornianus Gingerich
1990Ectocion osbornianus Thewissen
2012Ectocion osbornianus 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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
Phenacodonta
familyPhenacodontidaeCope 1881
subfamilyMeniscotheriinae(Cope 1882)
genusEctocionCope 1882
speciesosbornianus()

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.

Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Ectocion ralstonensis Granger 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:04:22
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:24:26
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Cf1 or 58.70000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (278 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti561.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Ectocion osbornianus (46654)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Ectocion osbornianus (190412 190413 190419 190420 190459 190461 190462 190463 190476 190481 190482 190484)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Ectocion osbornianus (14995)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Ectocion osbornianus (80579)
Cf156.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Ectocion osbornianus (46649)
Cf256.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Ectocion osbornianus (46651 46679)
Cf356.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Ectocion osbornianus (46676 46678)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Ectocion osbornianus (15072 15073 15080 15082 15083 15084 15085 15087 15089 15091 15092 15093 15094 15095 15096 15097 15098 15099 15100 15101 15102 15103 15104 15105 15106 15107 15108 15109 15110 15111 15112 15113 15114 15115 15116 15117 15119 15120 15121 15122 15123 15124 15125 15126 15127 15128 15129 15130 15131 15132 15133 15134 15135 15136 15137 15138 15139 15141 15142 15144 15145 15146 15147 15148 15149 15150 15151 15152 15153 15154 15155 15156 15157 15159 15160 15161 15162 15163 15164 15165 15166 15167 15168 15169 15170 15171 15172 15173 15174 15175 15176 15177 15178 15179 15180 15181 15182 15183 15184 15185 15186 15187 15189 15190 15191 15192 15193 15194 15196 15198 15199 15200 15201 15202 15203 15204 15205 15206 15207 15208 15209 15212 15213 15216 154182 164513 164515 190416 190422 190430 190431 190433 190434 190451 190455 190485 190486) Ectocion ralstonensis (15218) Ectocion sp. (15075)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Ectocion osbornianus (15246 15249 15252 15254)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Ectocion osbornianus (15475 15476 15477 15491 15493 15503 15504 15505 15507 15510 15512 15514 15515 15516 15517 15518 15520 15522 15523 15524 15531 15532 15586 15587 15589 15590 15592 15673 15682 15683 15695 15697 15699 15704 15729 15756 15759 15792 15793 15834 15912 15932 15943 16015 16020 16055 46636 46637 46639 46641 46643 46644 46647 46652 46657 46658 46659 46662 46664 46670 46672 46673 46681 46690 46691 46724 46726 46727 46756 46759 46761 46768 46770 46771 46772 46773 46774 46775 46776 46780 46782 46786 46790 46791 46792 46793 46795 46797 46798 46801 46802 46803 46805 46807 46809 46812 46813 46814 46817 46818 46819 46821 46822 46823 46824 46830 46831 46834 46836 46838) Ectocion ralstonensis (16008)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Ectocion osbornianus (15352 15845 15887)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Ectocion osbornianus (15679)