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Anisonchus sectorius

Mammalia - Periptychidae

Taxonomy
Mioclaenus sectorius was named by Cope (1881). It is the type species of Anisonchus.

It was recombined as Anisonchus sectorius by Cope (1881), Cope (1884), Hay (1902), Simpson (1935), Matthew (1937), Van Valen (1978) and Rigby (1980).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Mioclaenus sectorius Cope
1881Anisonchus sectorius Cope p. 488
1881Mioclaenus sectorius Cope p. 489
1881Mioclaenus mandibularis Cope p. 490
1883Zetodon gracilis Cope
1884Anisonchus sectorius Cope
1888Anisonchus mandibularis Cope p. 351
1897Hemithlaeus gracilis Matthew
1902Anisonchus sectorius Hay p. 695
1902Zetodon gracilis Hay p. 695
1935Anisonchus sectorius Simpson
1937Anisonchus sectorius Matthew
1939Anisonchus dracus Gazin p. 278
1941Anisonchus dracus Gazin pp. 45 - 46 figs. Figure 25
1978Anisonchus sectorius Van Valen
1980Anisonchus sectorius Rigby, Jr.

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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
—Bulbulodentata
familyPeriptychidaeCope 1882
genusAnisonchus
speciessectorius()

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.

†Anisonchus sectorius Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Anisonchus dracus Gazin 1939 [synonym], Mioclaenus mandibularis Cope 1881 [synonym], Zetodon gracilis Cope 1883 [synonym]
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: Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Anisonchus sectorius (14810 14811 14815 14816 14824 14831 14832 14833 14835 14859 14861 14865 14866 14868 14869 14873 14891 14893)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Anisonchus sectorius (14880 14886 14897 14898 14902 14905 14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Anisonchus sectorius (14906 14915 14917 14918 14919 14920)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) Anisonchus dracus (14830)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Anisonchus sectorius (14983 15067)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Anisonchus sectorius (15038 15047 15050 15053)