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Paleotomus
Taxonomy
Paleotomus was named by Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Didelphodontinae by Van Valen (1967); to Pantolestidae by Gingerich (1980); to Eutheria by Scott et al. (2002); and to Cimolestidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Secord (2008).
It was assigned to Didelphodontinae by Van Valen (1967); to Pantolestidae by Gingerich (1980); to Eutheria by Scott et al. (2002); and to Cimolestidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Secord (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Paleotomus Van Valen |
| 1978 | Niphredil Van Valen |
| 1980 | Niphredil Gingerich p. 449 |
| 1980 | Paleotomus Gingerich p. 449 |
| 1997 | Niphredil McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Paleotomus McKenna and Bell |
| 2002 | Paleotomus Scott et al. p. 701 |
| 2008 | Paleotomus Secord |
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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. †Paleotomus Van Valen 1967
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†Paleotomus carbonensis Secord 1998
†Paleotomus junior Scott et al. 2002
†Paleotomus milleri Rigby, Jr. 1980
†Paleotomus radagasti Van Valen 1978
Invalid names: Niphredil Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.80000 to 56.20000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| To2 | Canada (Alberta) | P. junior (14894) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | P. milleri (14886) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Texas) | P. senior (14884) | |
| Torrejonian - Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | P. carbonensis (14841 14848 14851) | |
| Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | P. senior, P. sp. (14939) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Niphredil radagasti (14944 15017) Niphredil sp. (14936) P. milleri (198264) P. radagasti (190402) P. senior (198265) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | P. senior (15025) P. senior, Palaeosinopa simpsoni (15064) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Palaeosinopa simpsoni (14931) P. senior (15006) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | P. radagasti (15024) |