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Goniacodon ✝

Description

Goniacodon is an extinct genus from the Paleocene of North America.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goniacodon, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8574133https://www.gbif.org/species/8574133
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42901https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42901
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Triisodontidae : Goniacodon
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Acreodi : Triisodontidae : Goniacodon
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
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
familyTriisodontidaeScott 1892
genusGoniacodonScott 1892
Scientific NameGoniacodon Scott, 1892
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Goniacodongenusbelongs to Triisodontidaestated with evidenceScott, 1892
Goniacodongenusbelongs to Triisodontidaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Goniacodongenusbelongs to Cetestated without evidenceArchibald, 1998
Goniacodongenusbelongs to Triisodontinaestated with evidenceSt. Clair et al., 2010
Goniacodongenusbelongs to Triisodontidaestated without evidenceScott et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Triisodontidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goniacodon

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Goniacodon hiawathae ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mioclaenus gaudrianus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		366.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Triisodon levisianus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1563.3 Ma
Paleocene		61.7 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1892Goniacodon Scott
1902Goniacodon Hay p. 748
1995Goniacodon Zhou et al. p. 394
1997Goniacodon McKenna and Bell p. 366
1998Goniacodon Archibald p. 316
2010Goniacodon St. Clair et al.
2011Goniacodon Tabuce et al. p. 152
2013Goniacodon Scott et al.

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Zhou X., Zhai R., et al (1995) Skull of a new mesonychid (Mammalia, Mesonychia) from the late Paleocene of China, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15 2, 387-400
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Archibald J. D. (1998) Archaic ungulates ("Condylarthra"), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 292-331
St. Clair E. M., Boyer D. M., et al (2010) First records of a triisodontine mammal, Goniacodon levisanus, in the late Paleocene of the Northern Great Plains, North America, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 2, 604-608
Tabuce R., Clavel J., et al (2011) A structural intermediate between triisodontids and mesonychians (Mammalia, Acreodi) from the earliest Eocene of Portugal, Naturwissenschaften 98, 145-155
Scott C. S., Spivak D. N., et al (2013) First mammals from the Paleocene Porcupine Hills Formation of southwestern Alberta, Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50, 355-378
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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