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Macrocranion

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Aculeodens Weitzel
1949Macrocranion Weitzel
1964Dormaalius Quinet
1967Dormaalius Van Valen
1967Macrocranion Van Valen
1985Dormaalius Novacek et al. p. 4
1985Macrocranion Novacek et al. p. 4
1988Dormaalius Carroll
1995Macrocranion Smith and Smith
2002Macrocranion Smith et al. p. 374
2008Macrocranion Gunnell et al.
2012Macrocranion Hooker and Russell
2012Macrocranion Rose 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
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyAmphilemuridaeHill 1953
genusMacrocranionWeitzel 1949

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. †Macrocranion Weitzel 1949
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Macrocranion junnei Smith et al. 2002
Macrocranion nitens Matthew 1918
Macrocranion robinsoni Krishtalka and Setoguchi 1977
Macrocranion tenerum Tobien 1962
Macrocranion tupaiodon Weitzel 1949
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Invalid names: Dormaalius simonsi Quinet 1964 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aculeodens Weitzel 1949 [synonym], Dormaalius Quinet 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Duchesnean or 55.80000 to 37.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Early/Lower Eocene59.2 - 48.6France (Marne) M. nitens (133367)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) M. nitens (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (38868 133368)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) M. nitens (35533 35535)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) M. germonpreae, M. vandebroeki (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France M. vandebroeki (182667)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) M. sp. (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Hainaut) M. vandebroeki (87947)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (West Flanders) M. nitens (68430)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) M. nitens (15930 16073) M. sp. (15917)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Entomolestes nitens (15912 15964) M. junnei (15759) M. nitens (15472 15491 15510 15512 15514 15520 15551 15552 15555 15558 15574 15576 15937) M. sp. (15458)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) M. sp. (15446 15448) Scenopagus nitens (15453)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Entomolestes nitens (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725 15845 15865 15887) M. nitens (15225)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) M. junnei (80580 154251 154253 154254)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (16203 16499)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) M. robinsoni (16517)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (Wyoming) Nyctitherium robinsoni (16826)