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Eoconodon coryphaeus

Mammalia - Acreodi - Triisodontidae

Taxonomy
Sarcothraustes coryphaeus was named by Cope (1885). It is the type species of Eoconodon.

It was recombined as Mioclaenus coryphaeus by Cope (1888); it was synonymized subjectively with Triisodon heilprinianus by Matthew (1897) and Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Eoconodon heilprinianus by Matthew and Granger (1921) and Matthew (1937); it was recombined as Eoconodon coryphaeus by Hay (1930), Van Valen (1978), Schoch and Lucas (1981), Williamson and Lucas (1993), Williamson (1996) and Clemens (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Sarcothraustes coryphaeus Cope p. 386
1888Mioclaenus bathygnathus Cope p. 321
1888Mioclaenus coryphaeus Cope p. 323
1888Triisodon biculminatus Cope p. 343
1892Triisodon biculminatus Scott p. 301
1892Sarcothraustes bathygnathus Scott p. 303
1892Sarcothraustes coryphaeus Scott p. 303
1895Sarcothraustes coryphaeus Osborn and Earle
1930Eoconodon coryphaeus Hay p. 466
1978Eoconodon coryphaeus Van Valen
1981Eoconodon coryphaeus Schoch and Lucas
1993Eoconodon coryphaeus Williamson and Lucas
1996Eoconodon coryphaeus Williamson
2011Eoconodon coryphaeus 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
speciescoryphaeus()

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 coryphaeus Cope 1885
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Invalid names: Mioclaenus bathygnathus Cope 1888 [synonym], Triisodon biculminatus Cope 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Tabuce et al. 2011, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Eoconodon coryphaeus (205932 205934)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Eoconodon coryphaeus (14662 14703 14760)