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Mimetodon

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Mimetodon was named by Jepsen (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Mimetodon churchilli.

It was assigned to Ptilodontidae by Jepsen (1940), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Neoplagiaulacidae by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001).

Species
M. churchilli (type species), M. krausei, M. silberlingi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Mimetodon Jepsen
1997Mimetodon McKenna and Bell
2001Mimetodon Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyNeoplagiaulacidae
genusMimetodon

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.

G. †Mimetodon Jepsen 1940
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†Mimetodon churchilli Jepsen 1940
†Mimetodon krausei Sloan 1981
†Mimetodon silberlingi Simpson 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Gunnell et al. 1995, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Krause 1982

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Ti1 or 63.80000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
To263.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) M. silberlingi (14894)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) M. silberlingi (14948 14956)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) M. silberlingi (14906)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) M. silberlingi (14898 14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) M. sp. (14828)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) M. krausei (14873)
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) M. silberlingi (14939)
Ti360.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) M. silberlingi (14928)
Ti460.9 - 56.2Canada (Saskatchewan) M. silberlingi (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) M. churchilli (15049) M. silberlingi (15067)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) M. silberlingi (14976)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) M. silberlingi (14929 14959)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) M. silberlingi (15048) M. sp. (15025)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) M. silberlingi (15024)