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Harpagolestes uintensis

Osteichthyes - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Taxonomy
Mesonyx uintensis was named by Scott (1888).

It was recombined as Harpagolestes uintensis by Peterson (1919), Thorpe (1923), Hay (1930), Szalay and Gould (1966), West (1981), Gustafson (1986).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2017-05-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Mesonyx uintensis Scott and Osborn
1888Mesonyx uintensis Scott p. 168
1902Mesonyx uintensis Hay p. 750
1919Harpagolestes uintensis Peterson p. 42
1923Harpagolestes uintensis Thorpe
1930Harpagolestes uintensis Hay p. 469
1966Harpagolestes uintensis Szalay and Gould p. 142
1981Harpagolestes uintensis West
1986Harpagolestes uintensis Gustafson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusHarpagolestes
speciesuintensis()

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.

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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: 2005-08-31 14:02:52
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:02:52
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Uintan or 45.90000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Harpagolestes uintensis (16842)
Late/Upper Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Texas) Harpagolestes uintensis, Mesonychidae indet. (16542)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Texas) Harpagolestes sp. (16537)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Utah) Harpagolestes uintensis (16656)