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Simidectes merriami

Osteichthyes - Acreodi

Taxonomy
Pleurocyon (Simidectes) merriami was named by Stock (1933). Its type specimen is CIT 1139, a mandible (left ramus of mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pearson Ranch (Bed CS20), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California.

It was recombined as Simidectes merriami by Coombs (1971), Gustafson (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Pleurocyon (Simidectes) merriami Stock p. 481 figs. Plate 1
1971Simidectes merriami Coombs
1979Simidectes merriami Gustafson

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
genusSimidectes()
speciesmerriami()

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.

†Simidectes merriami Stock 1933
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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: carnivoresubg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-24 17:56:30
Modified: 2011-04-24 02:56:30
Source: subg = subgenus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gingerich 1982, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Simidectes merriami (16590)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) Simidectes merriami (type locality: 16810)