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Ellesmene

Mammalia - Plagiomenidae

Taxonomy
Ellesmene was named by Dawson et al. (1993). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plagiomenidae by Dawson et al. (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
E. eureka

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Ellesmene Dawson et al.
1997Ellesmene McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
—Sundatheria
familyPlagiomenidaeMatthew 1918
genusEllesmene

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. †Ellesmene Dawson et al. 1993
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†Ellesmene eureka Dawson et al. 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5Canada (Northwest Territories) E. eureka (15888)