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Eoryctes melanus

Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Taxonomy
Eoryctes melanus was named by Thewissen and Gingerich (1989) [genotype]. Its type specimen is UM 68074, a partial skull (cranium and fragment of left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SC-133, which is in a Wasatchian wet floodplain wackestone/carbonate in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Eoryctes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Eoryctes melanus Thewissen and Gingerich

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
orderProteutheria
familyPalaeoryctidaeWinge 1917
genusEoryctes
speciesmelanus

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.

Eoryctes melanus Thewissen and Gingerich 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitef
Ontogeny: modification of partsf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 10:27:49
Modified: 2005-09-10 12:27:49
Source: f = family, subc = subclass
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Fox 2004

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Eoryctes melanus (15727 15738 15755 type locality: 15779 15793 15796)