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Plagiomene

Mammalia - Dermoptera

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

It was assigned to Plagiomeninae by Van Valen (1967); to Dermoptera by Gunnell (1989); and to Plagiomenidae by Matthew (1918), Hay (1930) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
P. accola, P. multicuspis (type species), P. zalmouti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Plagiomene Matthew
1930Plagiomene Hay p. 451
1967Plagiomene Van Valen
1989Plagiomene Gunnell p. 147
1997Plagiomene 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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
—Primatomorpha
orderDermopteraIllinger 1811
genusPlagiomene

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. †Plagiomene Matthew 1918
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†Plagiomene accola Rose 1981
†Plagiomene multicuspis Matthew 1918
†Plagiomene zalmouti Secord 2008
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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: Clarkforkian or 56.20000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) P. zalmouti (188220)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) P. accola (15082 15084 15091 15107 15112 15190 15192)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Ellesmene eureka (15583)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. multicuspis (15510 15517 15518 15520 15522 15523 15524 15532 15682 15694 15695 15697 15702 15705 15729 15790 15897 46698 46730 46749 46760 46773 46797 46831 46832)