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Coriphagus montanus

Mammalia - Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae

Taxonomy
Coriphagus montanus was named by Douglass (1908) [genotype]. Its type locality is Silberling Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union" (= Lebo) Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Coriphagus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Coriphagus montanus Douglass
1930Coriphagus montanus Hay p. 451

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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
familyOxyclaenidae
genusCoriphagus
speciesmontanus

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.

Coriphagus montanus Douglass 1908
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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: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-24 19:49:09
Modified: 2011-04-24 04:49:09
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Tabuce et al. 2011

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Coriphagus montanus (14906 type locality: 14913)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Coriphagus montanus (14898 14904)