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Parectypodus trovessartianus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Ptilodus trovessartianus was named by Cope (1882).

It was recombined as Mimetodon trovessartianus by Jepsen (1940); it was recombined as Parectypodus trovessartianus by Van Valen and Sloan (1966), Krause (1977) and Tsentas (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ptilodus trovessartianus Cope p. 686
1885Ptilodus trovessartianus Cope p. 493
1902Ptilodus trouessartianus Hay p. 559
1930Ptilodus trovessartianus Hay p. 380
1940Mimetodon trovessartianus Jepsen
1966Parectypodus trovessartianus Van Valen and Sloan
1977Parectypodus trovessartianus Krause
1981Parectypodus trovessartianus Tsentas

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyNeoplagiaulacidae
genusParectypodus
speciestrovessartianus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:54:47
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:54:47
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gunnell et al. 1995, Krause 1982, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

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 (New Mexico) Mimetodon trovessartianus (14816)