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Diacodon puercensis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Diacodon puercensis was named by Matthew (1918) [as type of "subgenus" Palaeolestes].

It was recombined as Prodiacodon puercensis by Matthew (1929), Matthew (1937), Gazin (1949), Novacek (1977), Novacek (1982), Rose (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Diacodon puercensis Matthew
1929Prodiacodon puercensis Matthew p. 171
1930Diacodon puercensis Hay p. 431
1937Prodiacodon puercensis Matthew
1949Prodiacodon puercensis Gazin
1977Prodiacodon puercensis Novacek
1982Prodiacodon puercensis Novacek
1999Prodiacodon puercensis Rose

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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()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
—Erinaceomorpha()
genusDiacodon
speciespuercensis

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.

†Diacodon puercensis Matthew 1918
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

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

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Prodiacodon puercensis (14886)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Prodiacodon puercensis (14815 14833 14859 14893) Prodiacodon sp. (14816)
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Prodiacodon puercensis (14939)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Prodiacodon puercensis (198262 198264)