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Tapocyon robustus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Prodaphaenus robustus was named by Peterson (1919). Its type specimen is C. M. No. 3023, a partial skeleton (fragments of lower jaws with P4 M1 and M2 in place; fragments of vertebrae, greater portion of right humerus, and head of femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Miacis robustus by Hay (1930) and Clark (1939); it was recombined as Uintacyon robustus by Kay (1957); it was recombined as Tapocyon robustus by Stock (1934), Dawson (1980), Wesley and Flynn (2003) and Friscia and Rasmussen (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Prodaphaenus robustus Peterson p. 50
1930Miacis robustus Hay
1934Tapocyon occidentalis Stock
1934Tapocyon robustus Stock
1939Miacis robustus Clark
1957Uintacyon robustus Kay
1980Tapocyon robustus Dawson
2003Tapocyon robustus Wesley and Flynn
2010Tapocyon robustus Friscia and Rasmussen p. 58

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
genusTapocyon
speciesrobustus()

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.

†Tapocyon robustus Peterson 1919
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Invalid names: Tapocyon occidentalis Stock 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Tapocyon robustus (109205)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) Tapocyon robustus (16584)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Tapocyon robustus (16513 16517 16518)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Uintacyon robustus (type locality: 16607)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Carnivora indet. (16791) Tapocyon occidentalis (16786) Tapocyon sp. (16615)