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Hesperaletes

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Taxonomy
Hesperaletes was named by Colbert (2006).

It was assigned to Tapiroidea by Colbert (2006) and Lofgren et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Hesperaletes Colbert p. 698 figs. 1-9
2020Hesperaletes Lofgren et al.

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
genusHesperaletes

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.

G. †Hesperaletes Colbert 2006
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†Hesperaletes borineyi Colbert 2006
†Hesperaletes walshi Colbert 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: browsersuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:03:27
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:03:27
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Colbert and Schoch 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Dilophodon leotanus (16671) Dilophodon sp. (16665) H. borineyi (16776) H. sp. (16727) H. walshi (16706 16740 16750 16757 16758 16761 167543)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Tapiroidea indet. (16585) Tapiroidea new genus, sp.A [M.W. Colbert 1993] (16780)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Dilophodon sp. (16786) Tapiroidea indet. (16547) Tapiroidea new genus, sp. A [M.W. Colbert 1993] (16615)
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (Montana) H. borineyi (230860)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) Tapiroidea indet. (16844)