Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Sespia nitida

Osteichthyes - Merycoidodontidae

Taxonomy
Leptauchenia nitida was named by Leidy (1869). Its type locality is Eagle Nest Butte (Sharps Fm.), which is in an Arikareean fluvial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.

It was recombined as Sespia nitida by Schultz and Falkenbach (1968), Macdonald (1970), Lander (1983), CoBabe (1996), Lander (1998), Hoffman and Prothero (2004), Stevens and Stevens (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Leptauchenia nitida Leidy
1884Leptauchenia nitida Cope p. 546
1902Leptauchenia nitida Hay p. 670
1937Leptauchenia nitida Thorpe p. 240 figs. PI. XXXVI, figs. 1-3
1940Leptauchenia nitida Scott p. 706
1968Sespia marianae Schultz and Falkenbach
1968Sespia nitida Schultz and Falkenbach
1970Sespia nitida Macdonald
1983Sespia nitida Lander
1996Sespia nitida CoBabe
1998Sespia nitida Lander
2004Sespia nitida Hoffman and Prothero p. 159
2007Sespia nitida Stevens and Stevens p. 158

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyMerycoidodontidae
subfamilyLeptaucheniinaeSchultz and Falkenbach 1940
genusSespia()
speciesnitida(Leidy 1869)

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.

†Sespia nitida Leidy 1869
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Sespia marianae Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:37:21
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:37:21
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lander 1998, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Geringian or 29.50000 to 24.70000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) Sespia nitida (17639)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Nebraska) Sespia marianae (17525 17707) Sespia nitida (17521 17687)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Cyclopidius heterodon (17468 17667) Leptauchenia nitida (17463) Sespia nitida (17511 17532 17698 17703 17727)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Leptauchenia nitida (17496) Sespia nitida (17517 17578 17725)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Leptauchenia nitida (17510) Sespia marianae (17473 17568 17598 17602) Sespia nitida (17689 17718)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Colorado) Sespia marianae (17500)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) Sespia nitida (167847)