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Parectypodus corystes

Description

Parectypodus ("besides Ectypodus") is a genus of extinct mammal that lived from the Paleocene to the Eocene of North America. Some of the known fossil material may also be from the Upper Cretaceous. It was named by G.L. Jepsen in 1930.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4968671https://www.gbif.org/species/4968671
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)54026https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54026
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ptilodontidae : Parectypodus : Parectypodus corystes
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Multituberculata : Neoplagiaulacidae : Parectypodus : Parectypodus corystes
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Allotheria
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta
familyNeoplagiaulacidaeAmeghino 1890
genusParectypodusJepsen 1930
speciesParectypodus corystesScott 2003
Generic NameParectypodus
Scientific NameParectypodus corystes Scott, 2003
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Parectypodus corystesspeciesbelongs to Parectypodusstated without evidenceScott, 2003
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Neoplagiaulacidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. S. Scott. 2003. Late Torrejonian (middle Paleocene) mammals from south central Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 77(4):745-768
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parectypodus_corystes

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Parectypodus corystes Scott

References

Scott C. S. (2003) Late Torrejonian (middle Paleocene) mammals from south central Alberta, Canada, Journal of Paleontology 77 4, 745-768
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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