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Acmeodon

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Acmeodon was named by Matthew and Granger (1921). It is not extant. Its type is Acmeodon secans.

It was assigned to Leptictinae by Hay (1930); to Didelphodontinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Cimolestidae by Matthew and Granger (1921), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Lopatin (2006).

Species
A. secans (syn. A. hyoni) (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Acmeodon Matthew and Granger
1930Acmeodon Hay p. 432
1967Acmeodon Van Valen
1997Acmeodon McKenna and Bell
2006Acmeodon Lopatin

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
subfamilyLeptictinaeGill 1872
genusAcmeodon

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. †Acmeodon Matthew and Granger 1921
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†Acmeodon secans Matthew and Granger 1921
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Invalid names: Acmeodon hyoni Rigby, Jr. 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-16 19:28:33
Modified: 2011-04-16 04:29:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Meehan and Martin 2010, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) A. hyoni (14886) A. secans (14881 14896 14898 14899 14905)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) A. sp. (14830)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) A. secans (14815 14816 14833 14868 14893 187009)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.8 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) A. secans (14858)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) A. hyoni (14983 198264) A. secans (15012 15013 15014 15015 15016)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) A. sp. (14937 15047) Palaeoryctidae indet. (15025)