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Elpidophorus minor

Mammalia - Dermoptera

Taxonomy

Elpidophorus minor was named by Simpson (1937). Its type specimen is P.U. No. 14201, a mandible (fragmentary left mandible with P3-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Silberling Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union" (= Lebo) Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1937	Elpidophorus minor Simpson
2013	Elpidophorus minor Scott et al.

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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
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
—	Primatomorpha
order	Dermoptera	Illinger 1811
genus	Elpidophorus
species	minor

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.

†Elpidophorus minor Simpson 1937

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealo

Diet:

folivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 13:22:46

Modified:

2005-08-26 15:22:46

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

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

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
To2	63.8 - 60.9	Canada (Alberta)	Elpidophorus minor (14894)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	Canada (Alberta)	Elpidophorus minor (143200)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Montana)	Elpidophorus minor (type locality: 14913)
Tiffanian	60.9 - 56.2	USA (Wyoming)	Elpidophorus minor (15067)