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Caenolambda jepseni

Mammalia - Pantolambdidae

Taxonomy
Caenolambda jepseni was named by Simons (1960). Its type specimen is PU 14863, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Caenolambda jepseni Site, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Caenolambda jepseni Simons
1974Barylambda jackwilsoni Schiebout
1998Barylambda jackwilsoni Lucas

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderPantodonta(Cope 1873)
familyPantolambdidae
genusCaenolambda
speciesjepseni

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.

†Caenolambda jepseni Simons 1960
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Invalid names: Barylambda jackwilsoni Schiebout 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-08-24 13:29:27
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:49:46
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Wasatchian or 63.80000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Caenolambda jepseni (type locality: 14895)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Caenolambda jepseni (15017)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Texas) Barylambda jackwilsoni (14975)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Texas) Coryphodon sp. (15838)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5Mexico (Baja California) Barylambdidae indet. (15671)