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Apataelurus

Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

Taxonomy
Apataelurus was named by Scott (1937). Its type is Apataelurus kayi.

It was assigned to Creodonta by Scott (1937); to Machaeroidini by Van Valen (1967); to Oxyaenidae by Scott (1938) and Gunnell (1998); and to Machaeroidinae by Zack (2019).

Species
A. kayi (type species), A. pishigouensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Apataelurus Scott
1938Apataelurus Scott p. 118
1967Apataelurus Van Valen
1998Apataelurus Gunnell
2019Apataelurus Zack p. 17

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
—OxyaenodontaVan Valen 1971
familyOxyaenidae
subfamilyMachaeroidinae
genusApataelurus

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. †Apataelurus Scott 1937
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†Apataelurus kayi Scott 1937
†Apataelurus pishigouensis Tong and Lei 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:43:59
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:43:59
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 46.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) A. sp. (16585)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) A. kayi (16646)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4China (Henan) Propterodon pishigouensis (174738)