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Ectoganus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Ectoganus was named by Cope (1874). It is not extant. Its type is Ectoganus gliriformis.

It was assigned to Stylinodontidae by Cope (1874), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Lucas et al. (1998), Lucas et al. (1998), Rose et al. (2012); and to Stylinodontidae by Rook and Hunter (2011), Williamson and Brusatte (2013).

Species
E. bighornensis, E. copei, E. gliriformis (type species), E. lobdelli (syn. Lampadophorus expectatus)
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. gliriformes

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Ectoganus Cope
1894Conicodon Cope
1902Ectoganus Hay p. 575
1930Ectoganus Hay p. 401
1949Lampadophorus Patterson
1998Ectoganus Lucas et al.
2011Ectoganus Rook and Hunter
2012Ectoganus Rose et al.
2013Ectoganus Williamson and Brusatte

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Taeniodonta(Cope 1876)
—Stylinodontidae(Marsh 1875)
genusEctoganusCope 1874

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. †Ectoganus Cope 1874
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†Ectoganus bighornensis Schoch 1981
†Ectoganus copei Schoch 1981
†Ectoganus gliriformis Cope 1874
†Ectoganus lobdelli Simpson 1929
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Invalid names: Lampadophorus expectatus Patterson 1949 [synonym]
Invalid names: Conicodon Cope 1894 [synonym], Lampadophorus Patterson 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:26:44
Modified: 2005-08-30 17:15:27
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Wasatchian or 59.24000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) E. lobdelli (15058 53059 85096 190410 190438 190457 190463 190473 190490)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) E. gliriformis (151352)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) E. gliriformis (14947)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (South Carolina) E. gliriformis (15074)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) E. lobdelli (190431) E. sp. (15082 46677 154225) E. sp., E. sp. (15092) Lampadophorus expectatus (15083) Lampadophorus sp. (15075 15093 15142 15148 15159 15202 15212)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) E. gliriformis (15235 15238 15241 15243 15244 15245 15246 15248 15252 15257)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Montana) Lampadophorus lobdelli (15079)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) E. bighornensis (154254 154255 154262 154272 154291) E. lobdelli (154274 154282)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) E. bighornensis (15647 15759) E. gliriformes (15695 15705 46646 46699 46717 46721 46732 46842) E. gliriformis (15576) E. simplex (15509 15524 15534 15556 15557 15558 15563 15964) E. sp. (15458 15592 15597 15793 186944)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (New Mexico) E. gliriformis (15430 15452 15606 15663) E. sp. (15460)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Colorado) E. gliriformis (15229 15373 15384) E. sp. (15302)