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Oxyacodon apiculatus

Mammalia - Periptychidae

Taxonomy
Oxyacodon apiculatus was named by Osborn and Earle (1895). Its type specimen is AMNH 816, a mandible (crushed left dentary with p4-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barrel Spring Arroyo (Taeniolabis Zone), which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Oxyacodon apiculatus Osborn and Earle
1897Oxyacodon apiculatus Matthew p. 292
1902Oxyacodon apiculatus Hay p. 602

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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
genusOxyacodonOsborn and Earle 1895
speciesapiculatusOsborn and Earle 1895

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.

†Oxyacodon apiculatus Osborn and Earle 1895
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Oxyacodon apiculatus (14745)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Oxyacodon apiculatus (14734)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Utah) Oxyacodon apiculatus (14670 14692)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Oxyacodon apiculatus (type locality: 14662 14760)