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Desmatoclaenus

Mammalia - Condylarthra

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Desmatoclaenus Gazin p. 34
1997Desmatoclaenus McKenna and Bell
1998Desmatoclaenus Archibald

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
genusDesmatoclaenus

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. †Desmatoclaenus Gazin 1941
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†Desmatoclaenus dianae Van Valen 1978
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Invalid names: Desmatoclaenus paracreodus Gazin 1941 [synonym]
†Desmatoclaenus mearae Van Valen 1978
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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Puercan to the top of the Tiffanian or 66.00000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Colorado) D. protogonioides (14678 14792)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (New Mexico) D. dianae, D. protogonioides (14703) D. sp., D. sp. (14795)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Utah) D. hermaeus, D. paracreodus (14790) D. paracreodus (14670 14736) D. sp. (14739 224186)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8Canada (Saskatchewan) D. sp. (14691)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) D. sp. (14883)
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) D. sp. (14939)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) D. mearae (14989)