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Ectypodus musculus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Ectypodus musculus was named by Matthew and Granger (1921) [genotype]. Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado. It is the type species of Ectypodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Ectypodus musculus Matthew and Granger
1930Ectypodus musculus Hay p. 381

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyNeoplagiaulacidae
genusEctypodus
speciesmusculus

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.

†Ectypodus musculus Matthew and Granger 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:54:47
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:54:47
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gunnell et al. 1995, Hopson 1973, Krause 1982, 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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Ectypodus musculus (14948 14956)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Ectypodus musculus (14989)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Colorado) Ectypodus musculus (type locality: 14967 174227)