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Microcosmodontidae

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae

Taxonomy
Microcosmodontidae was named by Holtzman and Wolberg (1977). Its type is Microcosmodon. It was considered monophyletic by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001).

It was reranked as the subfamily Microcosmodontinae by Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979).

It was assigned to Eucosmodontidae by Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979); to Cimolodonta by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Multituberculata by Scott et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Microcosmodontidae Holtzman and Wolberg
1979Microcosmodontinae Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
2001Microcosmodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 417
2004Microcosmodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 330
2006Microcosmodontidae 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyMicrocosmodontidaeHoltzman and Wolberg 1977
familyMicrocosmodontidaeHoltzman and Wolberg 1977

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.

Fm. †Microcosmodontidae Holtzman and Wolberg 1977
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G. †Acheronodon Archibald 1982
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†Acheronodon garbani Archibald 1982
G. †Allocosmodon Fox 2005
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†Allocosmodon woodi Holtzman and Wolberg 1977
G. †Alopocosmodon Scott et al. 2013
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†Alopocosmodon hadrus Scott et al. 2013
G. †Microcosmodon Jepsen 1930
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†Microcosmodon arcuatus Johnston and Fox 1984
†Microcosmodon conus Jepsen 1930
†Microcosmodon harleyi Weil 1998
†Microcosmodon rosei Krause 1980
G. †Pentacosmodon Jepsen 1940
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†Pentacosmodon pronus Jepsen 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 63.80000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pu366.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Microcosmodon harleyi (14738)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Acheronodon garbani (14798) Microcosmodon harleyi (14666 14800 218648 218651 218652)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Microcosmodon arcuatus (14768) Microcosmodontinae indet. (14756)
To263.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Acheronodon sp. (14894)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Alopocosmodon hadrus (143200)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Acheronodon sp., Pentacosmodon sp. (14939)
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Allocosmodon woodi (14928)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Microcosmodon conus (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Microcosmodon conus (15036 15065 26569) Microcosmodon conus, Pentacosmodon pronus (15049 15057) Pentacosmodon pronus (15032)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Microcosmodon sp. (15006)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Microcosmodon woodi (14937)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Microcosmodon sp. (14995) Microcosmodontinae indet. (14951)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (California) Microcosmodon sp. (14872)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Microcosmodon sp. (15024)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Microcosmodon conus (15072) Microcosmodon rosei (15082 15085 15089 15151 15152 15190 15204) Microcosmodon sp. (15183)