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Gypsonictopidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4834544	https://www.gbif.org/species/4834544
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40254	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40254

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Gypsonictopidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Gypsonictopidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
superorder	Leptictida	McKenna 1975
family	Gypsonictopidae	Van Valen 1967

Scientific Name

Gypsonictopidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gypsonictopidae	family	belongs to Leptictida	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Gypsonictopidae	family	belongs to Leptictida	stated without evidence	Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004
Gypsonictopidae	family	belongs to Leptictida	stated with evidence	Wible et al., 2007

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gypsonictops ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	95	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Kennalestes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Parazhelestes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prokennalestes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stilpnodon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	63.3 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Zhelestes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Gypsonictopsidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Gypsonictopsidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1967	Gypsonictopidae Van Valen
1997	Gypsonictopidae McKenna and Bell
2004	Gypsonictopsidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 505-506
2007	Gypsonictopidae Wible et al.

References

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630

Wible J. R., Rougier G. W., et al (2007) Cretaceous eutherians and Laurasian origin for placental mammals near the K/T boundary, Nature 447, 1003-1006

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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