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Microsus

Mammalia - Homacodontidae

Taxonomy
Microsus was named by Leidy (1870).

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyopsodus by Osborn (1902).

It was assigned to Omnivora by Leidy (1873); to Limnotheriidae by Hay (1902); to Bunomerycidae by Gentry and Hooker (1988); to Artiodactyla by Leidy (1870), Matthew (1909) and Carroll (1988); to Homacodontini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Homacodontidae by Theodor et al. (2007).

Species
M. cuspidatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Microsus Leidy p. 113
1873Microsus Leidy p. 321
1902Microsus Hay p. 792
1909Microsus Matthew
1988Microsus Carroll
1988Microsus Gentry and Hooker
1997Microsus McKenna and Bell p. 401
2007Microsus Theodor et al. p. 52

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyHomacodontidaeMarsh 1849
genusMicrosus

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. †Microsus Leidy 1870
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†Microsus cuspidatus Leidy 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:15:37
Modified: 2005-09-02 12:02:17
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Stucky 1998, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) M. cuspidatus (16109 16116 16136 16154 16164 16174 16187 16193 16194 16201 16208 16235 16284 16304 16305 16308 16323 16342 16394) M. sp. (15837 16236 16368)