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Cyriacotherium ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4831628	https://www.gbif.org/species/4831628
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40590	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40590

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cyriacotheriidae : Cyriacotherium

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolesta : Cyriacotheriidae : Cyriacotherium

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
-	Cimolesta
suborder	Pantodonta
superfamily	Pantolambdoidea	Cope 1883
family	Cyriacotheriidae	Rose and Krause 1982
genus	Cyriacotherium	Rose & Krause 1982

Scientific Name

Cyriacotherium Rose & Krause, 1982

Name Published In

Proceedings Am. Phil. Soc. 126 (1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cyriacotherium	genus	belongs to Cyriacotheriidae	stated without evidence	Rose and Krause, 1982
Cyriacotherium	genus	belongs to Cyriacotheriidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Cyriacotherium	genus	belongs to Cyriacotheriidae	stated with evidence	Scott, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

56.8 - 55.8 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Pantodonta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Pantodonta)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Pantodonta)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

K. D. Rose and D. W. Krause. 1982. Cyriacotheriidae, A New Family of Early Tertiary Pantodonts From Western North America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 126(1):26-50

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cyriacotherium argyreum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	61.7 Ma Paleocene	56.8 Ma Paleocene
Cyriacotherium psamminum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	56.8 Ma Paleocene	56.8 Ma Paleocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Sabatherium sacrosanctum McKenna, 1972	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cyriacotheriidae : *Sabatherium sacrosanctum*
Sabatherium McKenna, 1972	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cyriacotheriidae : *Sabatherium*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1972	Sabatherium McKenna
1972	Sabatherium sacrosanctum McKenna
1982	Cyriacotherium Rose and Krause
1988	Cyriacotherium Carroll
2010	Cyriacotherium Scott p. 198

References

Rose K. D., Krause D. W. (1982) Cyriacotheriidae, A New Family of Early Tertiary Pantodonts From Western North America, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 126 1, 26-50

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Scott C. S. (2010) New cyriacotheriid pantodonts (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the relationships of Cyriacotheriidae, Journal of Paleontology 84 2, 197-215 doi:10.1666/09-109R.1

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proceedings Am. Phil. Soc. 126 (1) - 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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