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Arctodontomys wilsoni

Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

Taxonomy
Microsyops wilsoni was named by Szalay (1969). Its type specimen is U.K.M.N.H. No. 8520, a mandible (fragmentary left mandible with P4-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Locality 32, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Arctodontomys wilsoni by Gunnell (1985), Gingerich (1989) and Rose et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Microsyops wilsoni Szalay
1985Arctodontomys wilsoni Gunnell
1989Arctodontomys wilsoni Gingerich
2012Arctodontomys wilsoni Rose et al.

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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()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
familyMicrosyopidaeOsborn and Wortman 1892
subfamilyMicrosyopinaeOsborn and Wortman 1892
genusArctodontomys
specieswilsoni()

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.

†Arctodontomys wilsoni Szalay 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 55.80000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Arctodontomys wilsoni (15123 15171)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Microsyops simplicidens (15346 15347)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Microsyops wilsoni (15439)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Arctodontomys wilsoni (15586 15589 15592 15683 15727 15731 15733 15735 15738 15739 15747 15749 15751 15755 15759 15765 15779 15786 15787 15788 15790 15792 15794 15796 15820 15826 46680 46780) Microsyops sp. (15729 15756) Microsyops wilsoni (15491 15493 15504 15793 15912 15932 16015 16017 16018 16020 16021 16027 16055 type locality: 88208)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Microsyops wilsoni (15222 15356 15485)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Arctodontomys wilsoni (154257 154262 154264 154283)