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Proscalops evelynae

Osteichthyes - Proscalopidae

Taxonomy
Domninoides evelynae was named by Macdonald (1963). Its type specimen is SDSM 53381, a mandible (right posterior mandible with M2-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5354), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.

It was recombined as Proscalops evelynae by Hutchison (1968), Macdonald (1970), Hutchison (1972), Freeman (1979), Barnosky (1981).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2017-05-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Domninoides evelynae Macdonald
1968Proscalops evelynae Hutchison
1970Proscalops evelynae Macdonald
1972Proscalops evelynae Hutchison
1979Proscalops evelynae Freeman p. 9
1981Proscalops evelynae Barnosky p. 293

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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
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyProscalopidae
genusProscalops
speciesevelynae()

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.

†Proscalops evelynae Macdonald 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Geringian or 29.50000 to 24.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) Arctoryctes terrenus (17620 17633 17635 17636 17638 17654) Domninoides evelynae (17641) Proscalops evelynae (17618 type locality: 17630)