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Baioconodon wovokae

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Ragnarok wovokae was named by Van Valen (1978). Its type locality is Leidy Quarry, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Baioconodon wovokae by Middleton (1983), Van Valen (1988), Fox (1989), Archibald and Lofgren (1990), Fox (1990), Hunter (1997), Eberle and Lillegraven (1998) and de Muizon and Cifelli (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Ragnarok wovokae Van Valen
1983Baioconodon wovokae Middleton
1988Baioconodon wovokae Van Valen
1989Baioconodon wovokae Fox
1990Baioconodon wovokae Archibald and Lofgren
1990Baioconodon wovokae Fox
1997Baioconodon wovokae Hunter
1998Baioconodon wovokae Eberle and Lillegraven
2000Baioconodon wovokae 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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusBaioconodon
specieswovokae()

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.

†Baioconodon wovokae Van Valen 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:54:39
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:06:44
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Ragnarok wovokae (type locality: 14807)