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Hyopsodus latidens

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyopsodus latidens was named by Denison (1937). Its type specimen is MCZ 9849, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyopsodus miticulus by Gazin (1968); it was considered a nomen dubium by Redline (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Hyopsodus latidens Denison
1979Hyopsodus latidens Bown

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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
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
genusHyopsodusLeidy 1870
specieslatidens

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.

†Hyopsodus latidens Denison 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:57:38
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:57:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Hyopsodus latidens (15682 15695 15696 15697 15698 15699 15702 15704 15705 46717 46720 46730 46731 46732 46733 46737 46738 46739 46743 46749 46753 46756 46757 46758 46759 46760 46761 46832 46834 46842 46843 46845)