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Labidolemur soricoides

Osteichthyes - 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
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()
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 mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-09-22 09:57:14
Modified: 2005-09-22 11:57:14
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Tanaka and Taruno 2019, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Tiffanian or 59.24000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti460.9 - 57.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Labidolemur soricoides (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Colorado) Labidolemur soricoides (type locality: 14967)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (North Dakota) Labidolemur soricoides (15000)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Apatemyidae indet. (26569) Labidolemur soricoides (14936 15017 190423 190490)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Labidolemur soricoides (15024)