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Taeniolabis

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae

Taxonomy

Taeniolabis was named by Cope (1882). It is not extant. Its type is Taeniolabis sulcatus.

It was assigned to Polymastodontinae by Hay (1902); to Polymastodontidae by Hay (1930); to Taeniolabididae by Cope (1882), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) and Mao et al. (2016); and to Taeniolabididae by Williamson et al. (2016).

Species

Polymastodon attenuatus, Polymastodon selenodus, T. lamberti, T. scalper, T. sulcatus (type species), T. taoensis (syn. Polymastodon latimolis, Catopsalis pollux, T. triserialis)

Synonyms

Polymastodon was named by Cope (1882). It is the type genus of Polymastodontidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Taeniolabis by Granger and Simpson (1929), Osborn (1930), Matthew (1937), Simmons (1986), Simmons (1987) and Eberle and Lillegraven (1998).

It was assigned to Polymastodontinae by Hay (1902); and to Polymastodontidae by Lydekker (1894) and Hay (1930).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1882	Polymastodon Cope
1882	Taeniolabis Cope
1882	Polymastodon Cope p. 684
1894	Polymastodon Lydekker p. 283
1902	Polymastodon Hay p. 562
1902	Taeniolabis Hay p. 562
1930	Polymastodon Hay p. 383
1930	Taeniolabis Hay p. 384
1997	Taeniolabis McKenna and Bell
2001	Taeniolabis Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418
2016	Taeniolabis Mao et al.
2016	Taeniolabis Williamson et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Allotheria	()
order	Multituberculata	Cope 1884
suborder	Cimolodonta	()
superfamily	Taeniolabidoidea	()
family	Taeniolabididae	Granger and Simpson 1929
genus	Taeniolabis	Cope 1882

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. †Taeniolabis Cope 1882

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†Taeniolabis lamberti Simmons 1987

†Taeniolabis scalper Cope 1884

†Taeniolabis sulcatus Cope 1882

†Taeniolabis taoensis Cope 1882

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Invalid names: Catopsalis pollux Cope 1882 [synonym], Polymastodon latimolis Cope 1885 [synonym], Taeniolabis triserialis Granger and Simpson 1929 [synonym]

Invalid names: Polymastodon Cope 1882 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealo

Diet:

herbivoref

Created:

2005-09-09 09:08:29

Modified:

2005-09-09 11:08:29

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pu3	66.0 - 63.3	USA (Montana)	T. lamberti (14738) T. sp. (218647)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	USA (Wyoming)	T. taoensis (14716)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	USA (Montana)	T. lamberti (14664) T. taoensis (14766)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	USA (Utah)	T. sp. (14790) T. taoensis (14736)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	Canada (Saskatchewan)	T. taoensis (14691)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	USA (New Mexico)	T. level (14657) T. taoensis (14662 14783 14795)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	USA (Colorado)	T. taoensis (205877 205882 205911 209920 209927 209933)