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Puercolestes simpsoni

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Puercolestes simpsoni was named by Reynolds (1936). Its type specimen is UCMP 36658, a partial skull (partial skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammalon Hill, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Puercolestes.

It was recombined as Cimolestes simpsoni by Clemens (1973) and Williamson and Lucas (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Puercolestes simpsoni Reynolds
1973Cimolestes simpsoni Clemens
1993Cimolestes simpsoni Williamson and Lucas
2011Puercolestes simpsoni Williamson et al. p. 164

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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
genusPuercolestes
speciessimpsoni

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.

†Puercolestes simpsoni Reynolds 1936
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pu366.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Puercolestes simpsoni (14738 218647)
Pu366.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Cimolestes simpsoni, Cimolestidae indet. (26575)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Puercolestes simpsoni (14743 140079 218650 218655 218938 218939)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Cimolestes simpsoni (14768)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Cimolestes simpsoni (14662 14794) Cimolestes simpsoni, Palaeoryctidae indet. (type locality: 14760)