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Oxytomodon perissum

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Oxytomodon perissum was named by Gazin (1941) [genotype]. Its type specimen is USNM 16183, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dragon Canyon, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Oxytomodon.

It was recombined as Litomylus perissus by Van Valen (1978) and Tomida (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Oxytomodon perissum Gazin pp. 27 - 28 figs. Figure 15
1978Litomylus perissus Van Valen
1981Litomylus perissus Tomida
1986Oxytomodon perissum Robison
1996Oxytomodon perissum Williamson
1999Oxytomodon perissum Cifelli et al.

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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
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusOxytomodon
speciesperissum

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.

†Oxytomodon perissum Gazin 1941
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:54:39
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:06:44
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: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) Oxytomodon perissum (type locality: 14830)