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Jepsenella praepropera

Mammalia - Apatemyidae

Taxonomy
Jepsenella praepropera was named by Simpson (1940). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 35292, a mandible (right lower jaw with M1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Jepsenella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Jepsenella praepropera Simpson

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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()
—Cimolesta()
suborderApatotheria(Scott and Jepsen 1936)
familyApatemyidae
genusJepsenella
speciespraepropera

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.

†Jepsenella praepropera Simpson 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-09-22 09:57:14
Modified: 2005-09-22 11:57:14
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Tanaka and Taruno 2019

Age range: base of the Ti1 to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
To263.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Jepsenella praepropera (14894)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Jepsenella praepropera (14886 14898 14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Jepsenella praepropera (type locality: 14906)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Jepsenella praepropera (14939)