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Palaeosinopa incerta

Mammalia - Pantolestidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosinopa incerta was named by Bown and Schankler (1982). Its type locality is SC-211, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. osborni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Palaeosinopa incerta Bown and Schankler

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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
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyPantolestoidae(Cope 1887)
familyPantolestidaeCope 1884
genusPalaeosinopaMatthew 1901
speciesincerta

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.

†Palaeosinopa incerta Bown and Schankler 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: durophagef
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:16:47
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:16:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Palaeosinopa didelphoides (15485 15887) Palaeosinopa incerta (15223)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Palaeosinopa incerta (15467 15468 15510 15512 15522 15524 15542 15587 15590 15592 15705 type locality: 15794 46636 46638 46644 46645 46659 46675 46685 46792 46813) Palaeosinopa sp. (15455)