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Bisonalveus

Mammalia - Pentacodontidae

Taxonomy
Bisonalveus was named by Gazin (1956). Its type is Bisonalveus browni.

It was assigned to Pentacodontidae by Van Valen (1967); and to Pantolestidae by Gazin (1956), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
B. browni (type species), B. holtzmani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Bisonalveus Gazin pp. 17-18
1967Bisonalveus Van Valen
1997Bisonalveus McKenna and Bell

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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
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyPentacodontidaeSimpson 1937
genusBisonalveus

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. †Bisonalveus Gazin 1956
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†Bisonalveus browni Gazin 1956
†Bisonalveus holtzmani Gingerich 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Ti1 or 60.90000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) B. browni (14939)
Ti360.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) B. sp. (14928 14992)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) B. browni (15025) B. sp. (14937 15047)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) B. browni (14925) B. sp. (14929 14930 14954)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) B. sp. (14931 14976)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) B. browni (14989) Protoselene sp. (15017)