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Mixodectoidea

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Mixodectoidea Simpson p. 53
1967Mixodectoidea Van Valen
1989Mixodectoidea Gunnell p. 56
2014Mixodectoidea Hooker

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
superfamilyMixodectoidea
superfamilyMixodectoidea

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.

Superfm. †Mixodectoidea Simpson 1945
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Fm. †Mixodectidae Cope 1883
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G. †Dracontolestes Gazin 1941
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G. †Eudaemonema Simpson 1935
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†Eudaemonema bohachae Scott et al. 2013
†Eudaemonema cuspidata Simpson 1935
†Eudaemonema webbi Scott 2010
G. †Mixodectes Cope 1883
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†Mixodectes malaris Cope 1884
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Invalid names: Oxyacodon tecumsae Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
†Mixodectes pungens Cope 1883
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Invalid names: Mixodectes crassiusculus Cope 1883 [synonym], Olbodotes copei Osborn 1902 [synonym]
Invalid names: Indrodon Cope 1884 [synonym], Olbodotes Osborn 1902 [synonym]
G. †Prosinopa Trouessart 1897
Invalid names: Oldobotidae Schlosser 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Puercan to the top of the Ti1 or 66.00000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Utah) Mixodectidae indet. (14790)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Mixodectes malaris (14887 14948)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Eudaemonema bohachae (143198 143200 194573 194575)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) Mixodectidae indet., Dracontolestes aphantus (14830)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Eudaemonema cuspidata (14906 14913)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Eudaemonema cuspidata (14904 14905 14912) Mixodectes sp., Mixodectes malaris (14886)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Mixodectes malaris (14815 14816 14825 14865 14868 14873) Mixodectes malaris, Mixodectes pungens (14833 14893) Mixodectes pungens (14835 187009) Mixodectes sp. (14819) Mixodectidae indet. (14859)
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Eudaemonema cuspidata (14939)
Ti360.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Eudaemonema sp. (14928 14992)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Eudaemonema webbi (14951)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Mixodectes sp. (15034)