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Picrodus silberlingi

Osteichthyes - Primates - Picrodontidae

Taxonomy
Picrodus silberlingi was named by Douglass (1908). Its type specimen is Carnegie Mus. no 1670, a mandible (incomplete right dentary with p4, m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Silberling Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union" (= Lebo) Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Picrodus.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Megopterna minuta Douglass
1908Picrodus silberlingi Douglass
1908Megopterna minuta Douglass p. 18
1930Picrodus silberlingi Hay p. 385
1930Megopterna minuta Hay p. 452
1937Picrodus silberlingi Simpson p. 136
2005Picrodus silberlingi Scott and Fox
2013Picrodus silberlingi Burger

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPicrodontidae
genusPicrodus
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.

†Picrodus silberlingi Douglass 1908
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Invalid names: Megopterna minuta Douglass 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsuperf
Diet: herbivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:55:49
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:55:49
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.40000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Montana) Picrodus silberlingi (14874 14876 14906 type locality: 14913)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Picrodus silberlingi (14886 14912)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Montana) Picrodus silberlingi (15025 15047)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Picrodus silberlingi (14974 15017)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Picrodus silberlingi (14953)