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Periptychinae

Mammalia - Periptychidae

Taxonomy
Periptychinae was named by Osborn and Earle (1895). Its type is Periptychus.

It was assigned to Periptychidae by Hay (1902), Archibald (1998) and Halliday et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Periptychinae Osborn and Earle
1902Periptychinae Hay p. 693
1998Periptychinae Archibald
2017Periptychinae Halliday et al. p. 525

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Bulbulodentata
familyPeriptychidaeCope 1882
subfamilyPeriptychinaeOsborn and Earle 1895
subfamilyPeriptychinaeOsborn and Earle 1895

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.

Subfm. †Periptychinae Osborn and Earle 1895
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G. †Ectoconus Cope 1884
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†Ectoconus cavigellii Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
†Ectoconus ditrigonus Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Ectoconus majusculus Matthew 1937 [synonym]
†Ectoconus symbolus Gazin 1941
G. †Periptychus Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Catathlaeus rhabdodon Cope 1881 [synonym], Eohyus robustus Marsh 1894 [synonym], Periptychus gilmorei Gazin 1938 [synonym], Periptychus superstes Matthew 1935 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Periptychus brabensis Cope 1888 [synonym], Periptychus hamaxitus Gazin 1941 [synonym], Periptychus matthewi Simpson 1936 [synonym], Plagioptychus matthewi Simpson 1936 [synonym]
Invalid names: Carsioptychus Simpson 1936 [synonym], Catathlaeus Cope 1881 [synonym], Plagioptychus Matthew 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:00:01
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:00:01
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (118 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Carsioptychus coarctatus (176748 205865 205867 205895 205900 205901 205903 205907 205908 205910 205914 205928 209872 209892 209904 209921 209924 209943 209946 209957 209964 209968 209976 210033) Carsioptychus coartatus (206072 206084) Carsioptychus sp. (206071) Ectoconus ditrigonus (14684 14687 14688 205863 205864 205868 205871 205881 205886 209900 209983 209997) Ectoconus ditrigonus, Periptychus coarctatus (14679 14792) Periptychus coarctatus (14659 14677 14678 14680 14681 14682 14683 14685 14686 14746 14750 14793)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Carsioptychus sp., Ectoconus sp. (14661) Ectoconus ditrigonus, Periptychus coarctatus (14703 14760 14794) Ectoconus sp., Plagioptychus matthewi (14662) Periptychus coarctatus (14795)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Ectoconus cavigellii (14797) Ectoconus ditrigonus (14717) Ectoconus ditrigonus, Periptychus coarctatus (14716) Ectoconus sp. (14722) Periptychus coarctatus (14706 14719 14720 14721 14733)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Utah) Ectoconus ditrigonus (14739) Ectoconus ditrigonus, Ectoconus symbolus, Periptychus coarctatus (14692) Ectoconus ditrigonus, Ectoconus symbolus, Periptychus hamaxitus (14736) Ectoconus maiusculus (224186) Ectoconus sp., Ectoconus symbolus, Periptychus hamaxitus (14748) Ectoconus symbolus, Carsioptychus hamaxitus, Periptychus hamaxitus (14790) Ectoconus symbolus, Periptychus coarctatus (14670)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) Periptychus sp. (226343)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7China (Guangdong) Ectoconus sp. (176607)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) Periptychus gilmorei (14830) Periptychus hamaxitus (14883)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Periptychus carinidens (14886)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Periptychus sp. (14885)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Periptychus carinidens (14811 14815 14816 14824 14825 14826 14827 14832 14833 14834 14835 14856 14859 14860 14863 14865 14867 14868 14877 14888 14890 14892 14893) Periptychus rhabdodon (14814 14819) Periptychus sp., Periptychus carinidens (14873)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Carsioptychus coarctatus (14829) Periptychus carinidens (14948 226344) Periptychus sp., Periptychus superstes (14975) Periptychus superstes (14884)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.8 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Periptychus carinidens (14820 14839 14844 14858)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Periptychus sp. (14984) Peryptychus carinidens (15067)