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Titanoides primaevus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Titanoides primaevus was named by Gidley (1917) [genotype]. Its type specimen is USNM 7934, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Witter Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Sentinel Butte Formation of North Dakota. It is the type species of Titanoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Titanoides primaevus Gidley p. 431 figs. Pl 36 figs 1,2
1960Titanoides primaevus Simons p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderPantodonta(Cope 1873)
superfamilyPantolambdoideaCope 1883
subfamilyTitanoideidae
genusTitanoides
speciesprimaevus

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.

†Titanoides primaevus Gidley 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-08-24 13:29:27
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:49:46
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 66.00000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Titanoides primaevus (14962)
Ti460.9 - 56.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Titanoides sp. (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) Titanoides primaevus (14931 14977 15003 type locality: 15004)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Titanoides primaevus (14995)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Titanoides primaevus (14997)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Titanoides primaevus (15236 15242 15244 15249 15252)