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Iqualadelphis

Mammalia - Pediomyidae

Taxonomy
Iqualadelphis was named by Fox (1987). It is not extant. Its type is Iqualadelphis lactea.

It was assigned to Marsupialia by Fox (1987), Cifelli (1993) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Pediomyidae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Didelphimorphia by Davis (2007); and to Pediomyidae by Williamson et al. (2012).

Species
I. lactea (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Iqualadelphis Fox
1993Iqualadelphis Cifelli p. 9415
1997Iqualadelphis McKenna and Bell
2004Iqualadelphis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 457 fig. 12.12B
2007Iqualadelphis Davis p. 226
2012Iqualadelphis Williamson 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
superfamilyPediomyoideaSimpson 1927
familyPediomyidae()
genusIqualadelphis

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. †Iqualadelphis Fox 1987
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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: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Montana) I. lactea (181582)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) I. lactea (14425)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) I. sp. (14430)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) I. lactea (14466 75836)