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Acmeodon secans

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Acmeodon secans was named by Matthew and Granger (1921) [genotype]. It is the type species of Acmeodon.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Acmeodon secans Matthew and Granger
1930Acmeodon secans Hay p. 432
1980Acmeodon hyoni Rigby, Jr.

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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()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
subfamilyLeptictinaeGill 1872
genusAcmeodon
speciessecans

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.

†Acmeodon secans Matthew and Granger 1921
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Invalid names: Acmeodon hyoni Rigby, Jr. 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-16 19:28:33
Modified: 2011-04-16 04:29:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Meehan and Martin 2010, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.80000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Acmeodon secans (14815 14816 14833 14868 14893 187009)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Acmeodon hyoni (14886) Acmeodon secans (14881 14896 14898 14899 14905)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.8 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Acmeodon secans (14858)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Acmeodon hyoni (14983 198264) Acmeodon secans (15012 15013 15014 15015 15016)