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Litomylus ishami

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Taxonomy
Litomylus ishami was named by Gazin (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 21263, a mandible, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Twin Creeks, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Evanston Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Litomylus ishami Gazin

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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
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyApheliscidaeMatthew 1918
genusLitomylus
speciesishami

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.

†Litomylus ishami Gazin 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Colorado) Litomylus ishami (174227)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Litomylus ishami (14937)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Litomylus ishami (type locality: 14999)