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Paleotomus radagasti

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Niphredil radagasti was named by Van Valen (1978) [genotype]. Its type locality is Cedar Point Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Paleotomus radagasti by Krause and Gingerich (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Niphredil radagasti Van Valen
1980Niphredil radagasti Gingerich p. 451
1983Paleotomus radagasti Krause and Gingerich

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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()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusPaleotomus
speciesradagasti()

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.

†Paleotomus radagasti Van Valen 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 09:41:44
Modified: 2005-09-10 19:53:58
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Tiffanian or 58.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Niphredil radagasti (14944 type locality: 15017) Paleotomus radagasti (190402)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Paleotomus radagasti (15024)