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Tricentes subtrigonus

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Mioclaenus subtrigonus was named by Cope (1881).

It was recombined as Tricentes subtrigonus by Cope (1884), Scott (1892), Matthew (1897), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Matthew (1937), Gazin (1969); it was recombined as Mimotricentes subtrigonus by Van Valen and Sloan (1965), Rigby (1980), Burger (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Mioclaenus subtrigonus Cope p. 491
1883Mioclaenus bucculentus Cope p. 555
1884Tricentes bucculentus Cope p. 315
1884Tricentes subtrigonus Cope p. 315
1892Tricentes subtrigonus Scott
1892Tricentes bucculentus Scott p. 297
1897Tricentes subtrigonus Matthew pp. 270 - 271
1902Tricentes subtrigonus Hay p. 746
1930Tricentes subtrigonus Hay p. 462
1935Tricentes latidens Gidley
1937Tricentes subtrigonus Matthew
1937Mimotricentes latidens Simpson
1941Tricentes elassus Gazin pp. 22 - 23 figs. Figure 13
1965Mimotricentes elassus Van Valen and Sloan
1965Mimotricentes subtrigonus Van Valen and Sloan
1969Tricentes subtrigonus Gazin p. 8
1980Mimotricentes subtrigonus Rigby, Jr.
1981Mimotricentes latidens Rose
1986Mimotricentes elassus Robison
2007Mimotricentes subtrigonus Burger p. 147

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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
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusTricentesCope 1883
speciessubtrigonus()

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.

†Tricentes subtrigonus Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Mioclaenus bucculentus Cope 1883 [synonym], Tricentes elassus Gazin 1941 [synonym], Tricentes latidens Gidley 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:55:00
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:52:01
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.80000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Mimotricentes angustidens (14909 14920) Mimotricentes latidens (14906 14913 14923)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Mimotricentes subtrigonus (14815 14824 14832 14833 14835 14859 14865 14867 14868 14893) Tricentes subtrigonus (14816 14826 14873)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) Mimotricentes elassus, Mimotricentes subtrigonus (14830) Mimotricentes subtrigonus (14883)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Mimotricentes sp. (14912) Mimotricentes subtrigonus (14886 14897 14898 14900)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.8 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Mimotricentes subtrigonus (14851 14858)
Ti360.9 - 56.2USA (Colorado) Mimotricentes subtrigonus (99821)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Tricentes sp. (15034) Tricentes subtrigonus (14965 15067)