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Aletodon gunnelli

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Taxonomy
Aletodon gunnelli was named by Gingerich (1977) [genotype]. Its type locality is Granger Mountain, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming. It is the type species of Aletodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Aletodon gunnelli Gingerich

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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
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyApheliscidaeMatthew 1918
genusAletodon
speciesgunnelli

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.

†Aletodon gunnelli Gingerich 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: Clarkforkian or 56.20000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Aletodon gunnelli (80579)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Aletodon gunnelli (15252 15346 15347)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Aletodon gunnelli (type locality: 15084 15089 15092 15101 15112 15122 15124 15126 15128 15137 15146 15147 15159 15162 15165 15167 15181 15193 15206 190416)