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Haploconus

Mammalia - Periptychidae

Taxonomy

Haploconus was named by Cope (1882). Its type is Haploconus lineatus.

It was assigned to Periptychidae by Cope (1882) and Carroll (1988); and to Anisonchinae by Hay (1902), Archibald (1998) and Eberle (2003).

Species

H. angustus (syn. H. inopinatus, H. xiphodon, H. corniculatus), H. elachistus, H. entoconus (syn. Anisonchus coniferus), H. lineatus (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1882	Haploconus Cope p. 417
1902	Haploconus Hay p. 694
1988	Haploconus Carroll
1998	Haploconus Archibald p. 313
2003	Haploconus Eberle p. 157

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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	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Bulbulodentata
family	Periptychidae	Cope 1882
subfamily	Anisonchinae	Osborne and Earle 1895
genus	Haploconus

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. †Haploconus Cope 1882

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†Haploconus angustus Cope 1881

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Invalid names: Haploconus corniculatus Cope 1888 [synonym], Haploconus inopinatus Gazin 1939 [synonym], Haploconus xiphodon Cope 1882 [synonym]

†Haploconus elachistus Gazin 1941

†Haploconus entoconus Cope 1882

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Invalid names: Anisonchus coniferus Cope 1882 [synonym]

†Haploconus lineatus Cope 1882

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-31 14:00:01

Modified:

2005-08-31 16:00:01

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Puercan or 63.80000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	USA (New Mexico)	Conacodon entoconus (14703 14760 14794)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	USA (Utah)	H. sp. (14790) H. sp., H. elachistus (14692)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.3	USA (Colorado)	Conacodon entoconus (14683 205919)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Utah)	H. inopinatus (14889)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Texas)	H. inopinatus (14829)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (New Mexico)	H. angustus (14815 14824 14826 14827 14865 14869 14873 14877)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Wyoming)	H. sp. (14886)