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Myrmecoboides

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Myrmecoboides was named by Gidley (1915). It is not extant. Its type is Myrmecoboides montanensis.

It was assigned to Leptictinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Leptictidae by Gidley (1915), Hay (1930) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
M. arenarius, M. montanensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Myrmecoboides Gidley
1930Myrmecoboides Hay p. 432
1967Myrmecoboides Van Valen
1997Myrmecoboides McKenna and Bell

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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()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
genusMyrmecoboidesGidley 1915

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. †Myrmecoboides Gidley 1915
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†Myrmecoboides arenarius Secord 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-16 19:28:33
Modified: 2011-04-16 04:29:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Meehan and Martin 2010, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) M. sp. (14830)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) M. montanensis (14906)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) M. montanensis (14886) M. sp. (14912)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) M. montanensis (14939)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) M. montanensis (15008 15025)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (15017)