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Palaeoryctes

Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoryctes was named by Matthew (1913). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeoryctes puercensis. It is the type genus of Palaeoryctidae.

It was assigned to Tenrecidae by Hay (1930); to Palaeoryctinae by Van Valen (1967) and Gheerbrant (1992); and to Palaeoryctidae by Matthew (1913), Carroll (1988), Lopatin (2006) and Silcox et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Palaeoryctes Matthew
1930Palaeoryctes Hay p. 428
1967Palaeoryctes Van Valen
1988Palaeoryctes Carroll
1992Palaeoryctes Gheerbrant
2006Palaeoryctes Lopatin
2010Palaeoryctes Silcox 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
orderProteutheria
familyPalaeoryctidaeWinge 1917
genusPalaeoryctesMatthew 1913

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. †Palaeoryctes Matthew 1913
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†Palaeoryctes cruoris Gunnell 1994
†Palaeoryctes jepseni Bloch et al. 2004
†Palaeoryctes minimus Gheerbrant 1992
†Palaeoryctes puercensis Matthew 1913
†Palaeoryctes punctatus Van Valen 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitef
Ontogeny: modification of partsf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 10:27:49
Modified: 2005-09-10 12:27:49
Source: f = family, subc = subclass
References: Ji et al. 2002, Fox 2004, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 63.80000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (14768)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) P. punctatus (14962)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) P. puercensis (14886) P. sp. (14879)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) P. puercensis (14816 14893)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) P. punctatus (14939)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) P. cruoris, P. punctatus (14936) P. sp. (14952 15017 15049 26569)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) P. punctatus (14931) P. sp. (15000)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) P. sp. (14937)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) P. punctatus (14954)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) P. minimus (88301)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) P. jepseni (15024)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) P. punctatus (15072 15085 15159) P. sp. (15082)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco P. minimus (133216)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. punctatus (15516 16021) P. sp. (15491)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (15679)