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Ectocion mediotuber

Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Ectocion mediotuber was named by Thewissen (1990). Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Ectocion mediotuber Thewissen

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
—Phenacodonta
familyPhenacodontidaeCope 1881
subfamilyMeniscotheriinae(Cope 1882)
genusEctocionCope 1882
speciesmediotuber

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.

†Ectocion mediotuber Thewissen 1990
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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 14:04:22
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:24:26
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Tiffanian or 58.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Ectocion mediotuber (15007 15057 26569 53059 85096 190403 190406 190421 190427 190442 190443 190444 190466 190470 190490) Ectocion osbornianus (15036 type locality: 15049) Ectocion wyomingensis (14952 14979 14980 14982)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Ectocion mediotuber (188220)