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Peradectes protinnominatus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Peradectes protinnominatus was named by McKenna (1960). Its type locality is West Alheit Pocket, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Colorado.

It was synonymized subjectively with Peratherium chesteri by Setoguchi (1973) and Bown (1979).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. guottai, P. protinnaminatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Peradectes protinnominatus McKenna
1983Peradectes protinnominatus Krishtalka and Stucky
2012Peradectes protinnominatus Rose 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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—Peradectidae(Crochet 1979)
genusPeradectes
speciesprotinnominatus

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: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 22:06:26
Modified: 2011-04-28 07:06:26
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Horovitz et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Clarkforkian or 58.70000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Peradectes protinnominatus (14973)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Peradectes protinnominatus (15036)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Peradectes protinnominatus (15048)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Peradectes protinnominatus (80579)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Peradectes chesteri (15085 15099 15152 15156) Peradectes sp. (15072)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Peradectes chesteri (15491 15493 15504) Peradectes protinnominatus (15458 15472)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Peradectes protinnominatus (15480 15725 15845 type locality: 15887)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Peradectes chesteri (15081) Peradectes protinnominatus (80580 154254 154276 154282)