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Plagiomenidae

Mammalia - Plagiomenidae

Taxonomy
Plagiomenidae was named by Matthew (1918). It is not extant. Its type is Plagiomene.

It was assigned to Menotyphla by Hay (1930); to Galeopithecoidea by Van Valen (1967); to Dermoptera by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Sundatheria by Bloch et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Plagiomenidae Matthew p. 598
1930Plagiomenidae Hay p. 451
1967Plagiomenidae Van Valen
1997Plagiomenidae McKenna and Bell
2007Plagiomenidae Bloch et al. p. 1162

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
—Sundatheria
familyPlagiomenidaeMatthew 1918
familyPlagiomenidaeMatthew 1918

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.

Fm. †Plagiomenidae Matthew 1918
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G. †Ellesmene Dawson et al. 1993
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†Ellesmene eureka Dawson et al. 1993
Subfm. †Thylacaelurinae Van Valen 1967
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G. †Thylacaelurus Russell 1954
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†Thylacaelurus campester Storer 1984
†Thylacaelurus montanus Russell 1954
Invalid names: Plagiomeninae Matthew 1918 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Duchesnean or 61.70000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Thylacaelurus sp. (14939)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Plagiomenidae indet. (14937)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Plagiomenidae indet. (15090 15155)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Ellesmene eureka (15888)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Thylacaelurus campester (16626)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Thylacaelurus montanus (16514 16515 16516)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Thylacaelurus campester (16845) Thylacaelurus sp. (16846)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Thylacaelurus montanus (16984)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Thylacaelurus montanus (17014)