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Elpidophorus

Mammalia - Dermoptera

Taxonomy

Elpidophorus was named by Simpson (1927). Its type is Elpidophorus elegans.

It was assigned to Oxyclaenidae by Simpson (1927) and Hay (1930); to Dermoptera by Gunnell (1989); to Plagiomenidae by Rose (1975) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Mixodectidae by Simpson (1936), Van Valen (1967) and Scott et al. (2013).

Species

E. elegans (syn. E. patratus) (type species), E. minor

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1927	Elpidophorus Simpson p. 5 figs. 5, 6
1930	Elpidophorus Hay p. 463
1936	Elpidophorus Simpson p. 11
1967	Elpidophorus Van Valen
1975	Elpidophorus Rose p. 676
1989	Elpidophorus Gunnell p. 147
1997	Elpidophorus McKenna and Bell
2013	Elpidophorus Scott et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
—	Primatomorpha
order	Dermoptera	Illinger 1811
genus	Elpidophorus

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. †Elpidophorus Simpson 1927

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†Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927

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Invalid names: Elpidophorus patratus Simpson 1936 [synonym]

†Elpidophorus minor Simpson 1937

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealo

Diet:

folivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 13:22:46

Modified:

2005-08-26 15:22:46

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Ti1 to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
To2	63.8 - 60.9	Canada (Alberta)	E. minor (14894) E. sp. (99007)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Montana)	E. minor (14913)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	Canada (Alberta)	E. elegans (194574) E. minor (143200)
Ti1	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Alberta)	E. elegans (14939)
Ti3	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Alberta)	E. elegans (14928 14992)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	Canada (Alberta)	E. elegans (14929 14949 14954 14957 14959 14973 14995)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	USA (Montana)	E. elegans (14937 15025) E. patratus (15037 15064) E. sp. (15048)
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	USA (Wyoming)	E. elegans (15017 15034) E. minor (15067)