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Labidolemur soricoides

Mammalia - Apatemyidae

Taxonomy
Labidolemur soricoides was named by Matthew and Granger (1921). Its type specimen is A.M.N.H. No. 17400, a mandible (lower jaws with incisors, M1 right and left, and alveoli of remaining teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado. It is the type species of Labidolemur.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Labidolemur soricoides Matthew and Granger p. 4
1930Labidolemur soricoides Hay p. 446

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderApatotheria(Scott and Jepsen 1936)
familyApatemyidae
genusLabidolemur
speciessoricoides

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.

†Labidolemur soricoides Matthew and Granger 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-09-22 09:57:14
Modified: 2005-09-22 11:57:14
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Tanaka and Taruno 2019, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Tiffanian or 59.24000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti460.9 - 56.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Labidolemur soricoides (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Apatemyidae indet. (26569) Labidolemur soricoides (14936 15017 190423 190490)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) Labidolemur soricoides (15000)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Colorado) Labidolemur soricoides (type locality: 14967)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Labidolemur soricoides (15024)