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Promioclaenus lemuroides

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Mioclaenus lemuroides was named by Matthew (1897). Its type specimen is AMNH 2421 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ellipsodon lemuroides by Simpson (1937), Matthew (1937); it was recombined as Promioclaenus lemuroides by Trouessart (1904), Wilson (1956), Gazin (1969), Robison (1986), Secord (1998) and de Muizon and Cifelli (2000).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Mioclaenus lemuroides Matthew pp. 314 - 315 figs. Figures 15, 16
1902Mioclaenus lemuroides Hay p. 606
1904Promioclaenus lemuroides Trouessart
1937Ellipsodon lemuroides Matthew
1937Ellipsodon lemuroides Simpson
1939Ellipsodon shepherdi Gazin
1939Jepsenia mantiensis Gazin
1941Ellipsodon shepherdi Gazin pp. 28 - 30 figs. Figure 16
1941Jepsenia mantiensis Gazin pp. 32 - 33 figs. Figure 18
1956Promioclaenus lemuroides Wilson
1956Promioclaenus shepherdi Wilson
1969Promioclaenus lemuroides Gazin p. 9
1980Litaletes mantiensis Rigby, Jr.
1986Promioclaenus lemuroides Robison
1986Promioclaenus shepherdi Robison
1997Litaletes mantiensis Hunter
1998Promioclaenus lemuroides Secord
2000Promioclaenus lemuroides de Muizon and Cifelli

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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
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
genusPromioclaenusTrouessart 1904
specieslemuroides()

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.

†Promioclaenus lemuroides Matthew 1897
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Invalid names: Ellipsodon shepherdi Gazin 1939 [synonym], Jepsenia mantiensis Gazin 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:57:38
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:57:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.80000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) Promioclaenus lemuroides (14830) Promioclaenus shepherdi (14889)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Promioclaenus lemuroides (14816 14824 14832 14833 14835 14865 14868 14873 14893)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Litaletes mantiensis (14885)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.8 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Promioclaenus lemuroides (14820 14851)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Promioclaenus lemuroides (14965)