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Harpagolestes

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Harpagolestes Wortman p. 286
1919Harpagolestes Peterson p. 41
1930Harpagolestes Hay p. 469
1966Harpagolestes Szalay and Gould p. 140
1988Harpagolestes Carroll
1995Harpagolestes Zhou et al. p. 397
1997Harpagolestes McKenna and Bell p. 367
1998Harpagolestes Archibald p. 318
1998Harpagolestes Gingerich p. 427 figs. FIgure 1
2001Harpagolestes Thewissen et al. p. suppl.
2021Harpagolestes Tomiya 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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
genusHarpagolestes

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. †Harpagolestes Wortman 1901
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†Harpagolestes brevipes Thorpe 1923
†Harpagolestes immanis Matthew 1909
†Harpagolestes koreanicus Shikama 1943
†Harpagolestes leei Jin 2005
†Harpagolestes leotensis Peterson 1931
†Harpagolestes orientalis Szalay and Gould 1966
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: 2005-08-31 14:02:52
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:02:52
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Duchesnean or 47.80000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) H. macrocephalus (16253 16284 16414) H. sp. (16647)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mongolia H. orientalis (174909)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) H. leei (89041 174762) H. orientalis (28792)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Henan) H. leei, H. orientalis (46193)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) H. uintensis (16842)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) H. sp. (16670)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) H. sp. (109203)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) H. sp. (16626)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) H. uintensis, Mesonychidae indet. (16542)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) H. brevipes (16646) H. leotensis (16594 16607) H. uintensis (16656)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) H. sp. (16537)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) H. sp. (16648)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) H. sp. (16857)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Guangxi) H. sp. (182554)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9North Korea (Hwanghae-do) H. koreanicus (48621)
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene37.2 - 23.03North Korea (Kokai-do) H. koreanicus (13997)