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Ectypodus powelli

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy

Ectypodus powelli was named by Jepsen (1940). Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1940	Ectypodus powelli Jepsen
1969	Ectypodus powelli Gazin p. 4
1987	Ectypodus powelli Gingerich p. 301

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Allotheria	()
order	Multituberculata	Cope 1884
suborder	Cimolodonta	()
superfamily	Ptilodontoidea	()
family	Neoplagiaulacidae
genus	Ectypodus
species	powelli

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.

†Ectypodus powelli Jepsen 1940

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealsubo

Diet:

omnivoref

Created:

2005-09-11 16:54:47

Modified:

2005-09-11 18:54:47

Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hopson 1973, Gunnell et al. 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Krause 1982, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Clarkforkian or 59.24000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ti4	60.9 - 56.2	Canada (Saskatchewan)	Ectypodus powelli (14978)
Tiffanian	60.9 - 56.2	Canada (Alberta)	Ectypodus powelli (14954)
Tiffanian	60.9 - 56.2	USA (Wyoming)	Ectypodus powelli (14936 14944 14952 14965 15017 15034 type locality: 15049 15057 26569 190419)
Tiffanian	60.9 - 56.2	USA (Montana)	Ectypodus powelli (15048 15064)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene	59.24 - 48.07	USA (Wyoming)	Ectypodus powelli (80579)
Clarkforkian	56.2 - 54.9	USA (Wyoming)	Ectypodus powelli (15082 15085 15087 15089 15150 15151 15155 15183) Ectypodus sp. (15072)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Wyoming)	Ectypodus powelli (15081)