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Tritemnodon strenuus

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Prototomus strenuus was named by Cope (1875).

It was recombined as Stypolophus strenuus by Cope (1877), Cope (1880), Cope (1881) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Sinopa strenuus by Scott (1892); it was recombined as Sinopa strenua by Matthew (1899), Matthew (1901), Matthew and Granger (1915) and White (1952); it was recombined as Tritemnodon strenuus by Van Valen (1965), Guthrie (1967), Guthrie (1971), Stucky (1984), Kihm (1984), Gingerich and Deutsch (1989) and Gunnell (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Prototomus strenuus Cope p. 10
1877Stypolophus strenuus Cope
1880Stypolophus strenuus Cope
1881Stypolophus strenuus Cope
1892Sinopa strenuus Scott p. 310
1899Sinopa strenua Matthew
1901Sinopa strenua Matthew
1902Stypolophus strenuus Hay p. 752
1915Sinopa strenua Matthew and Granger
1952Sinopa strenua White
1965Tritemnodon strenuus Van Valen
1967Tritemnodon strenuus Guthrie
1971Tritemnodon strenuus Guthrie
1984Tritemnodon strenuus Kihm
1984Tritemnodon strenuus Stucky
1989Tritemnodon strenuus Gingerich and Deutsch
1998Tritemnodon strenuus Gunnell

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilySinopinae()
genusTritemnodonMatthew 1906
speciesstrenuus()

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.

†Tritemnodon strenuus Cope 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:47:38
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:47:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002, Gunnell 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Tritemnodon strenuus (15279 15309)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Sinopa strenua (15662 15889 15907) Tritemnodon hians (15552 15576 15578) Tritemnodon strenua (15520 15522 15531 15532 15534 15536 15538 15548 15556 15558 15560) Tritemnodon strenuus (15620 15687 15703 46746)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Tritemnodon strenuus (15691 15700)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Sinopa strenua (16240)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Tritemnodon strenua (16207)