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Hyopsodus minor

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Hyopsodus minor was named by Loomis (1905) [consistent with Redline 1997]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyopsodus wortmani by Matthew (1915), Guthrie (1967) and Gazin (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Hyopsodus minor Loomis p. 422 fig. 6
1930Hyopsodus minor Hay p. 444
1954Hyopsodus minor Kelley and Wood
1997Hyopsodus minor Redline

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
genusHyopsodusLeidy 1870
speciesminor

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.

†Hyopsodus minor Loomis 1905
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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: 2005-08-31 13:57:38
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:57:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Hyopsodus minor (15437 15663)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Hyopsodus minor (15552 15575 15576 15578 15626 15689 15924 15927 15928 15939 15964 15965 15966 15967 15971 15973 15974 15977 15978 15984 15986 15987 15988 16009 46692 46699 46700 46701 46702 46703 46706 46710 46711 46763 46825 46826 46847 46849 46851 186932 186933 186934 186935 186937 186938 186943 186944 186945 186946 186949 186950 186951 186952)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Hyopsodus minor (15680 15684 15685 15690 15691 15693)