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Pentacodontidae

Osteichthyes - Pentacodontidae

Taxonomy
Pentacodontidae was named by Simpson (1937).

It was reranked as the subfamily Pentacodontinae by Lopatin (2006).

It was assigned to Tupaioidea by Van Valen (1967); to Cimolesta by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pantolestidae by Lopatin (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Pentacodontidae Simpson
1967Pentacodontidae Van Valen
1997Pentacodontidae McKenna and Bell
2006Pentacodontinae Lopatin

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyPentacodontidaeSimpson 1937
familyPentacodontidaeSimpson 1937

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.

Fm. †Pentacodontidae Simpson 1937
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G. †Amaramnis Gazin 1962
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†Amaramnis gregoryi Gazin 1962
G. †Aphronorus Simpson 1935
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†Aphronorus bearspawensis Scott et al. 2013
†Aphronorus fraudator Simpson 1935
†Aphronorus orieli Gazin 1969
†Aphronorus ratatoski Winterfeld 1982
†Aphronorus simpsoni Gazin 1938
G. †Bisonalveus Gazin 1956
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†Bisonalveus browni Gazin 1956
†Bisonalveus holtzmani Gingerich 1983
G. †Eurolestes De Bast and Smith 2017
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†Eurolestes dupuisi De Bast and Smith 2017
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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Puercan to the top of the Wasatchian or 66.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Montana) Aphronorus sp. (14766)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium (Hainaut) Eurolestes dupuisi (132949)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Aphronorus bearspawensis (143198) Aphronorus fraudator, Aphronorus bearspawensis (143200) Aphronorus sp. (14828)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Aphronorus fraudator (14897 14899 14901 14902 14905) Aphronorus fraudator, Aphronorus ratatoski (14896 14898) Aphronorus ratatoski (14880 14882) Aphronorus sp. (14912)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Montana) Aphronorus fraudator (14913 14923) Aphronorus sp., Aphronorus fraudator (14906)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Pentacodontidae indet. (14893)
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Utah) Aphronorus simpsoni (14830)
Ti160.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Bisonalveus browni, Pentacodontidae indet. (14939)
Ti160.9 - 57.5USA (Montana) Aphronorus orieli (15023)
Ti360.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Bisonalveus sp. (14928 14992)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Bisonalveus browni (14925) Bisonalveus sp. (14929 14930 14954)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Montana) Aphronorus orieli (15008 15010 15020 133180) Bisonalveus browni, Pentacodontidae indet. (15025) Bisonalveus sp. (14937) Bisonalveus sp., Aphronorus orieli (15047)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Aphronorus fraudator (15014 15036) Aphronorus fraudator, Aphronorus orieli (15067) Aphronorus fraudator, Aphronorus ratatoski (15012 15015 15016) Aphronorus orieli (14965) Aphronorus ratatoski (15013) Bisonalveus browni (14989) Protoselene sp. (15017)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (North Dakota) Bisonalveus sp. (14931 14976)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Montana) Aphronorus sp. (15079)
Lostcabinian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Amaramnus sp. (15917)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Amaramnis gregoryi (15455 15673 118482)