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Peradectes elegans

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Peradectes elegans was named by Matthew and Granger (1921) [genotype]. Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. guottai, P. protinnaminatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger
1930Peradectes elegans Hay p. 393
1956Peradectes pauli Gazin pp. 14-15
2004Peradectes elegans Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 458-459

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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
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—Peradectidae(Crochet 1979)
genusPeradectes
specieselegans

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.

†Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger 1921
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Invalid names: Peradectes pauli Gazin 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 22:06:26
Modified: 2011-04-28 07:06:26
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Horovitz et al. 2009, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Wasatchian or 61.70000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Peradectes elegans (14992)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Colorado) Peradectes elegans (type locality: 14967)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Peradectes elegans (14954 14959)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Peradectes pauli (15025)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Peradectes elegans (14936 15017 15032 15049) Peradectes elegans, Peradectes pauli (14989)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Peradectes elegans (14931)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Peradectes elegans (15725)