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Stygimys jepseni

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae

Taxonomy
Parectypodus jepseni was named by Simpson (1935). Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Stygimys jepseni by Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Scott (2003), Lofgren et al. (2005) and Scott et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Parectypodus jepseni Simpson
1965Stygimys jepseni Sloan and Van Valen p. 223
2003Stygimys jepseni Scott
2005Stygimys jepseni Lofgren et al. p. 87
2013Stygimys jepseni Scott 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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyEucosmodontidaeJepsen 1940
subfamilyEucosmodontinaeJepsen 1940
genusStygimys
speciesjepseni()

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.

Stygimys jepseni Simpson 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:54:07
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:54:07
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Gunnell et al. 1995

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.30000 to 61.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) Stygimys jepseni (143198 143200)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (Montana) Eucosmodon sparsus (14913 14918 14920) Stygimys jepseni (type locality: 14906)