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Hyopsodus uintensis

Osteichthyes - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyopsodus uintensis was named by Osborn (1902). Its type specimen is AMNH 2079 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kennedy's Hole, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. aemulor, H. orientalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Hyopsodus uintensis Osborn pp. 188 - 189 figs. Figure 15
1930Hyopsodus uintensis Hay p. 444

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
genusHyopsodusLeidy 1870
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.

†Hyopsodus uintensis Osborn 1902
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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: Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Uintan or 45.90000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Texas) Hyopsodus uintensis (16542)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Hyopsodus sp. (16521) Hyopsodus uintensis (16513 16514 16515 16516 16517 16518 16630 16642 16643 16645)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Utah) Hyopsodus uintensis (type locality: 16589)