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Catopsalis foliatus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae

Taxonomy

Catopsalis foliatus was named by Cope (1882) [genotype; Granger and Simpson 1929 show that this IS the original combination]. It is the type species of Catopsalis.

It was recombined as Polymastodon foliatus by Cope (1884), Cope (1885) and Osborn and Earle (1895).

Synonyms

Catopsalis johnstoni was named by Fox (1989). Its type specimen is UALVP 16058, a tooth (left m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Long Fall Horizon, Rav W-1, which is in a Puercan fine channel fill siliciclastic in the Ravenscrag Formation of Canada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Catopsalis foliatus by Williamson and Lucas (1993), Buckley (1995), Lucas et al. (1997) and Williamson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1882	Catopsalis foliatus Cope
1884	Polymastodon foliatus Cope
1885	Polymastodon foliatus Cope
1895	Polymastodon foliatus Osborn and Earle
1897	Catopsalis foliatus Matthew
1902	Catopsalis foliatus Hay p. 562
1929	Catopsalis foliatus Granger and Simpson
1930	Catopsalis foliatus Hay p. 384
1937	Catopsalis foliatus Matthew
1979	Catopsalis foliatus Kielan-Jaworowska and Sloan pp. 188-189
1989	Catopsalis johnstoni Fox
1997	Catopsalis foliatus Lucas et al.
2004	Catopsalis foliatus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 331
2004	Catopsalis johnstoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 331

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Allotheria	()
order	Multituberculata	Cope 1884
suborder	Cimolodonta	()
superfamily	Taeniolabidoidea	()
family	Taeniolabididae	Granger and Simpson 1929
genus	Catopsalis	Cope 1882
species	foliatus	Cope 1882

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.

†Catopsalis foliatus Cope 1882

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Invalid names: Catopsalis johnstoni Fox 1989 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
R. C. Fox 1989 (Catopsalis johnstoni)	A species of Catopsalis having molars significantly larger than those of Catopsalis joyneri and C. alexanderi, yet smaller than those of C. calgariensis.