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Valenopsalis joyneri

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae

Taxonomy
Catopsalis joyneri was named by Sloan and Van Valen (1965). Its type specimen is U.M.V.P. 1494, a maxilla (right maxilla with complete palate, M1, roots of P4, and alveoli of P3 and M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bug Creek Anthills, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Valenopsalis joyneri by Williamson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Catopsalis joyneri Sloan and Van Valen p. 224
1979Catopsalis joyneri Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
1979Catopsalis joyneri Kielan-Jaworowska and Sloan pp. 188-189
2004Catopsalis joyneri Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 331
2016Valenopsalis joyneri Williamson 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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyTaeniolabidoidea()
familyTaeniolabididaeGranger and Simpson 1929
genusValenopsalis
speciesjoyneri()

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.

†Valenopsalis joyneri Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2005-09-09 09:08:29
Modified: 2005-09-09 11:08:29
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Puercan or 70.60000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Catopsalis joyneri (14674)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Catopsalis joyneri (14722)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Catopsalis joyneri (14660 type locality: 14671 14672 14751 14776)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Catopsalis joyneri (14737 14756)