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Mimetodon silberlingi

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Ectypodus silberlingi was named by Simpson (1935). Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Mesodma silberlingi by Van Valen and Sloan (1966); it was recombined as Mimetodon silberlingi by Schiebout (1974), Krause (1977).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Ectypodus silberlingi Simpson
1966Mesodma silberlingi Van Valen and Sloan
1974Mimetodon silberlingi Schiebout
1977Mimetodon silberlingi Krause

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyNeoplagiaulacidae
genusMimetodon
speciessilberlingi()

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.

†Mimetodon silberlingi Simpson 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:54:47
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:54:47
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Krause 1982, Carroll 1988, Gunnell et al. 1995

Age range: base of the To2 to the top of the Ti4 or 63.40000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
To263.4 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Mimetodon silberlingi (14894)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Texas) Mimetodon silberlingi (14948 14956)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Mimetodon silberlingi (14898 14912)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Montana) Mimetodon silberlingi (type locality: 14906)
Ti160.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Mimetodon silberlingi (14939)
Ti360.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Mimetodon silberlingi (14928)
Ti460.9 - 57.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Mimetodon silberlingi (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Montana) Mimetodon silberlingi (15048)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (North Dakota) Mimetodon silberlingi (14976)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Mimetodon silberlingi (14929 14959)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Mimetodon silberlingi (15067)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Mimetodon silberlingi (15024)