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Apistodon exiguus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Pediomys exiguus was named by Fox (1971). Its type specimen is UALVP 5536, a tooth (RM1), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-4), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Apistodon exiguus by Davis (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Pediomys exiguus Fox
1979Pediomys exiguus Clemens p. 193
2004Pediomys exiguus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 457
2007Apistodon exiguus Davis p. 226

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
superfamilyPediomyoideaSimpson 1927
genusApistodon
speciesexiguus()

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.

†Apistodon exiguus Fox 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Pediomys exiguus (type locality: 14423 14425)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Pediomys exiguus (14430)