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Mithrandir gillianus

Mammalia - Periptychidae

Taxonomy
Haploconus gillianus was named by Cope (1882). Its type specimen is AMNH 3543, a partial skull (fragments of upper and lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Anisonchus gillianus by Cope (1882), Hay (1902), Matthew (1937) and Van Valen (1978); it was recombined as Gillisonchus gillianus by Rigby (1981) and Williamson (1996); it was recombined as Mithrandir gillianus by Cifelli (1983) and Eberle and Lillegraven (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Anisonchus gillianus Cope p. 467
1882Haploconus gillianus Cope p. 686
1884Anisonchus apiculatus Cope
1888Hemithlaeus apiculatus Cope p. 352
1902Anisonchus gillianus Hay p. 695
1937Anisonchus gillianus Matthew
1978Anisonchus gillianus Van Valen
1981Gillisonchus gillianus Rigby
1983Mithrandir gillianus Cifelli
1996Gillisonchus gillianus Williamson
1998Mithrandir gillianus Eberle and Lillegraven

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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
—Bulbulodentata
familyPeriptychidaeCope 1882
genusMithrandirCifelli 1983
speciesgillianus()

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.

†Mithrandir gillianus Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Anisonchus apiculatus Cope 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:00:01
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:00:01
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Mithrandir gillianus (14706 14707 14713 14714 14718 14722 14723 14724 14726 14728 14731 14797)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Gillisonchus gillianus (14662 14703 14760 14794 14795)