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Dissacus navajovius

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Taxonomy
Mesonyx navajovius was named by Cope (1881). It is the type species of Dissacus.

It was recombined as Dissacus navajovius by Cope (1882), Cope (1888), Scott (1892), Matthew (1897), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Matthew (1937), Rigby (1980) and Solé et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Mesonyx navajovius Cope p. 484
1882Dissacus navajovius Cope p. 462
1882Dissacus carnifex Cope p. 834
1888Dissacus navajovius Cope p. 344
1892Dissacus carnifex Scott p. 304
1892Dissacus navajovius Scott p. 304
1897Dissacus navajovius Matthew pp. 284 - 285
1902Dissacus navajovius Hay p. 749
1930Dissacus navajovius Hay p. 467
1937Dissacus navajovius Matthew
1980Dissacus navajovius Rigby, Jr.
2018Dissacus navajovius Solé et al. figs. Table 9

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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
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
genusDissacusCope 1881
speciesnavajovius()

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.

†Dissacus navajovius Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Dissacus carnifex Cope 1882 [synonym]
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: 2005-08-31 14:02:52
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:02:52
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 63.80000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Dissacus navajovius (14703)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Dissacus navajovius (14812 14833 14835 14873 14893)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Dissacus navajovius (14886) Dissacus sp. (14912)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.8 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Dissacus navajovius (14842)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Dissacus navajovius (15024)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Dissacus navajovius (15254 15258)