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Protoselene opisthacus

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Mioclaenus opisthacus was named by Cope (1882).

It was recombined as Hemithlaeus opisthacus by Cope (1882); it was recombined as Protoselene opisthaca by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Protoselene opisthacus by Matthew (1897), Matthew (1937), Simpson (1937) and Schiebout (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Hemithlaeus opisthacus Cope p. 467
1882Mioclaenus opisthacus Cope p. 833
1888Mioclaenus opisthacus Cope p. 332
1892Mioclaenus opisthacus Scott p. 321
1897Protoselene opisthacus Matthew pp. 317 - 318
1902Protoselene opisthaca Hay p. 607
1937Protoselene opisthacus Matthew
1937Protoselene opisthacus Simpson
1974Protoselene opisthacus Schiebout

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
genusProtoselene
speciesopisthacus()

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: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:57:38
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:57:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Protoselene opisthacus (14975)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Protoselene opisthacus (14812 14815 14816 14824 14825 14832 14833 14835 14865 14868 14873 14893)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Protoselene opisthacus (15034)