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Hemipsalodon grandis

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Hemipsalodon grandis was named by Cope (1885) [genotype]. It is the type species of Hemipsalodon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pterodon by Matthew (1901), Matthew (1909) and Savage (1965).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Hemipsalodon grandis Cope p. 163
1891Hemipsalodon grandis Cope p. 6
1892Hemipsalodon grandis Scott p. 317
1902Hemipsalodon grandis Hay p. 759
1908Hemipsalodon grandis Lambe
1935Hemipsalodon cooki Schlaikjer
1935Hemipsalodon grandis Schlaikjer
1977Hemipsalodon grandis Mellett
1986Hemipsalodon grandis Gustafson
1998Hemipsalodon grandis Gunnell

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyainailouroidea
—HyainailouridaeSolé et al. 2015
—Hyainailourinae(Pilgrim 1932)
genusHemipsalodon
speciesgrandis

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.

†Hemipsalodon grandis Cope 1885
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Invalid names: Hemipsalodon cooki Schlaikjer 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Duchesnean to the top of the Chadronian or 39.70000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Hemipsalodon grandis (16842)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (New Mexico) Hemipsalodon grandis (16867)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Hemipsalodon cooki (17045)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Hemipsalodon grandis (16919 101961)