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Aphronorus orieli

Mammalia - Pentacodontidae

Taxonomy
Aphronorus orieli was named by Gazin (1969). Its type specimen is USNM 23680, a tooth (right [lower] P4), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Little Muddy Creek (Fossil Basin), which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Evanston Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Aphronorus orieli Gazin p. 5

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyPentacodontidaeSimpson 1937
genusAphronorus
speciesorieli

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.

†Aphronorus orieli Gazin 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti161.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Aphronorus orieli (15023)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Aphronorus orieli (type locality: 14965 15067)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Aphronorus orieli (15008 15010 15020 15047 133180)