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Dipsalidictis platypus

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Dipsalidictis platypus was named by Matthew and Granger (1915) [genotype]. Its type locality is SC-67, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Oxyaena platypus by Denison (1938), Van Valen (1966), Rose (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Dipsalidictis platypus Matthew and Granger
1938Oxyaena platypus Denison
1966Oxyaena platypus Van Valen
1981Oxyaena platypus Rose
1989Dipsalidictis platypus Gingerich
1998Dipsalidictis platypus Gunnell
2012Dipsalidictis platypus Rose et al. p. 60 figs. 36A-E

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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
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
genusDipsalidictis
speciesplatypus

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.

†Dipsalidictis platypus Matthew and Granger 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:43:59
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:43:59
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Gunnell 1998, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Wasatchian or 56.00000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Dipsalidictis platypus (15100) Oxyaena platypus (15092 15198)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Dipsalidictis platypus (154262)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Dipsalidictis platypus (15731 type locality: 15759)