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Copecion

Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

Taxonomy

Copecion was named by Gingerich (1989). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phenacodontidae by Gingerich (1989), Archibald (1998), Rose et al. (2012) and Halliday et al. (2017).

Species

C. brachypternus, C. davisi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1989	Copecion Gingerich
1998	Copecion Archibald
2012	Copecion Rose et al.
2017	Copecion Halliday et al. p. 527

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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
—	Euungulata
—	Panperissodactyla
—	Phenacodonta
family	Phenacodontidae	Cope 1881
genus	Copecion

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. †Copecion Gingerich 1989

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†Copecion brachypternus Cope 1882

†Copecion davisi Gingerich 1989

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 14:04:22

Modified:

2011-04-24 18:24:26

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

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

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Wasatchian or 61.70000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (81 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian	61.7 - 56.8	USA (Wyoming)	Phenacodus brachypternus (15034)
Graybullian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	C. brachypternus (15701)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (New Mexico)	Phenacodus brachypternus (15663)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Colorado)	Phenacodus brachypternus (15325 15350 15351 15352 15353 15363 15367 15375 15394 15395 15450 15485 15871 15887)
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	C. brachypternus (15592 15687 15707 46636 46675 46752 46761 46766 46792 46809 46836) C. davisi (15458 15759 15760 15761 15780 15817 15831 15832 15834 16053 27349 27352 27353) Phenacodus brachypternus (15468 15491 15507 15510 15511 15516 15534 15536 15538 15540 15542 15543 15551 15552 15554 15558 15559 15578 15717 15729 15932 15964 16055)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	USA (Wyoming)	C. davisi (154251 154254 154255 154257 154259 154261 154262 154264 154268 154269 154271 154272 154274 154278 154281 154283 154286)