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Unuchinia asaphes

Mammalia - Apatemyidae

Taxonomy
Apator asaphes was named by Simpson (1936) ["genotype"]. Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 33894, a mandible (left lower jaw with P4-M1 and alveoli), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Scarritt Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Melville Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Unuchinia, Apator.

It was recombined as Unuchinia asaphes by Simpson (1937), McKenna (1963) and Gunnell (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Apator asaphes Simpson p. 18
1937Unuchinia asaphes Simpson
1963Unuchinia asaphes McKenna
1988Unuchinia asaphes Gunnell p. 140

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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()
suborderApatotheria(Scott and Jepsen 1936)
familyApatemyidae
genusUnuchiniaSimpson 1937
speciesasaphes()

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.

Unuchinia asaphes Simpson 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-09-22 09:57:14
Modified: 2005-09-22 11:57:14
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Tanaka and Taruno 2019, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Unuchinia asaphes (type locality: 15064)