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Ptilodus
Taxonomy
Ptilodus was named by Cope (1881). It is not extant. Its type is Ptilodus mediaevus. It is the type genus of Ptilodontidae.
It was assigned to Plagiaulacinae by Hay (1902); and to Ptilodontidae by Cope (1881), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Gazin (1969), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Scott et al. (2002) and Scott et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Plagiaulacinae by Hay (1902); and to Ptilodontidae by Cope (1881), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Gazin (1969), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Scott et al. (2002) and Scott et al. (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1881 | Ptilodus Cope |
1884 | Chirox Cope p. 321–322 |
1902 | Chirox Hay p. 557 |
1902 | Ptilodus Hay p. 559 |
1929 | Ptilodus Simpson p. 11 |
1930 | Ptilodus Hay p. 379 |
1969 | Ptilodus Gazin p. 3 |
1997 | Ptilodus McKenna and Bell |
2001 | Ptilodus Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418 |
2002 | Ptilodus Scott et al. p. 692 |
2013 | Ptilodus Scott et al. |
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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. †Ptilodus Cope 1881
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†Ptilodus ferronensis Gazin 1941
†Ptilodus fractus Dorr 1952
†Ptilodus gnomus Scott et al. 2002
†Ptilodus kummae Krause 1977
†Ptilodus tsosiensis Sloan 1981
†Ptilodus wyomingensis Jepsen 1940
Invalid names: Chirox Cope 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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p4 height | 14 | 2.06 | 0.060 |
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Krause 1982 |
Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 63.80000 to 55.80000 Ma
Collections (92 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Puercan | USA (Utah) | P. tsosiensis (14692) | |
Puercan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | P. tsosiensis (14768) | |
Puercan | USA (Wyoming) | P. sp. (14730) P. tsosiensis (14724 14729 14732) | |
Puercan | USA (Montana) | P. tsosiensis (14766) | |
Puercan | USA (New Mexico) | P. tsosiensis (14760) | |
Danian | USA (North Dakota) | P. wyomingensis (14962) | |
To2 | Canada (Alberta) | P. gnomus, P. sp. (14894) P. montanus (99007) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Utah) | P. ferronensis (14830) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | P. mediaevus (14886) P. sp. (14896 14897 14898 14899 14901 14903 14904 14905) P. wyomingensis (14912) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Texas) | P. mediaevus (14884 14948 14956) P. sp. (14829) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | P. montanus (14885 14906 14913 14919 14920) | |
Torrejonian | Canada (Alberta) | P. sp. (14828) P. wyomingensis (143200 194573 194575) | |
Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | P. mediaevus (14893) | |
Torrejonian - Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | P. mediaevus (14858) P. sp., P. mediaevus (14851) | |
Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | P. sp., P. gnomus (14939) | |
Ti3 | Canada (Alberta) | P. sp. (14928 14992) | |
Ti4 | Canada (Saskatchewan) | P. kummae (14978) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | P. kummae (15033) P. montanus (14937) P. sp. (14955 15025 15037 15047 15048 15064) | |
Tiffanian | USA (California) | P. sp. (14872) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Colorado) | P. kummae (14967 174227) | |
Tiffanian | Canada (Alberta) | P. kummae (14995) P. sp. (14929 14945 14954 14957 14959 14973) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Neoplagiaulax fractus (14944 15034) P. kummae (14952 15055 15059 15066 15069 190436) P. montanus (14926 14965) P. sp. (14999 15012 15013 15016 15027 15031 15036 15061 15067) P. sp., Ectypodus hazeni (14989) P. sp., P. kummae (14936 15017) | |
Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | P. kummae (14976 14977) P. montanus (14931) P. sp. (15006) P. sp., P. wyomingensis (15000) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | P. kummae (15018 15024) | |
Clarkforkian | USA (Colorado) | P. sp. (15219 15252) | |
Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | P. kummae (15028) |