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Herpetotherium marsupium

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Herpetotherium marsupium was named by Troxell (1923).

It was recombined as Peratherium marsupium by Simpson (1928), Hay (1930), Gazin (1976) and Krishtalka and Stucky (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Herpetotherium marsupium Troxell
1928Peratherium marsupium Simpson
1930Peratherium marsupium Hay p. 393
1976Peratherium marsupium Gazin
1983Peratherium marsupium Krishtalka and Stucky
1996Herpetotherium marsupium Rothecker and Storer
1999Herpetotherium marsupium Rasmussen et al.
2018Herpetotherium marsupium Korth

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusHerpetotherium
speciesmarsupium

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.

†Herpetotherium marsupium Troxell 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 21:40:09
Modified: 2011-04-28 06:40:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Sánchez-Villagra et al. 2007, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Duchesnean or 55.80000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Peratherium marsupium (15917 15930)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Peratherium marsupium (46699)
Wasatchian - Bridgerian55.8 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Peratherium marsupium (15669)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Herpetotherium marsupium (16139 16405) Peratherium marsupium (16207 16219 16232 16254 16273 16305 16315 16357 16415 16499 16500)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Peratherium marsupium (16396)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Herpetotherium marsupium (16586)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Peratherium marsupium (16542)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Peratherium marsupium (16626)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Peratherium marsupium (16514 16515 16517)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Herpetotherium marsupium (16587)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Peratherium marsupium (16845)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Wyoming) Peratherium marsupium (16826 16853 16884)