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Eoconodon copanus

Mammalia - Acreodi - Triisodontidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Eoconodon copanus Van Valen
2011Eoconodon copanus Clemens

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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
familyTriisodontidae
genusEoconodon
speciescopanus

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.

Eoconodon copanus Van Valen 1978
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. A. Clemens 2011“Lower molars elongate, entoconid small and distal. Same as Eoconodon sp. of Jepsen (1930, Plate IV, fig. 5) M?1 l, 10.4, trd w, 5.6, tald w, 5.4 (Van Valen 1978, p. 57)” .
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-24 19:43:41
Modified: 2011-04-24 04:43:41
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Tabuce et al. 2011, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Eoconodon sp. (14808)