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Hyopsodus wortmani

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyopsodus wortmani was named by Osborn (1902). Its type specimen is AMNH 4716, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Hyopsodus wortmani Osborn p. 185 figs. Figure 11
1930Hyopsodus wortmani Hay p. 444

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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
specieswortmani

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 wortmani 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lysitean to the top of the Bridgerian or 55.80000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Hyopsodus wortmani (15915 15917 15930 15950 16073)
Lysitean55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Hyopsodus wortmani (15654)
Lysitean55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Hyopsodus wortmani (15880 15881)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Texas) Hyopsodus wortmani (15847)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Hyopsodus paulus (15942) Hyopsodus wortmani (15454 15486 15662 15665 15710 15714 15724 15839 15842 15904 15908 15910 15913 15929 15946 15947 15948 15949 15951 15952 15953 15954 15955 15956 15962 15989 15990 15991 15992 15993 15995 16054 16056 16065 16066 16067 16074 16077)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Hyopsodus wortmani (15650 15652 15882)
Wasatchian - Bridgerian55.8 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Hyopsodus wortmani (15669)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Hyopsodus wortmani (16247 16248)