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Ectocion superstes

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4974076https://www.gbif.org/species/4974076
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)45974https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=45974
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Phenacodontidae : Ectocion : Ectocion superstes
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ungulata : Phenacodontidae : Ectocion : Ectocion superstes
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
orderUngulata
-CetungulataIrwin and Wilson 1993
-TaxeopodaCope 1882
-PhenacodontaMcKenna 1975
familyPhenacodontidaeCope 1881
genusEctocionCope 1882
speciesEctocion superstesGranger 1915
Generic NameEctocion
Scientific NameEctocion superstes Granger, 1915
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ectocion superstesspeciesbelongs to Ectocionstated without evidenceGranger, 1915
Ectocion superstesspeciessubjective synonym of Ectocion osbornianusstated without evidenceSimpson, 1937
Ectocion superstesspeciesbelongs to Ectocionstated without evidenceMcKenna, 1960
Ectocion superstesspeciessubjective synonym of Phenacodus vortmanistated without evidenceGuthrie, 1971
Ectocion superstesspeciesbelongs to Ectocionstated with evidenceThewissen, 1990
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Phenacodontidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. Granger. 1915. A Revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River Faunas. Part III - Order Condylarthra. Families Phenacodontidae and Meniscotheriidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(10):329-361

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1915Ectocion superstes Granger
1960Ectocion superstes McKenna
1990Ectocion superstes Thewissen

References

Granger W. (1915) A Revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River Faunas. Part III - Order Condylarthra. Families Phenacodontidae and Meniscotheriidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34 10, 329-361
McKenna M. C. (1960) Fossil Mammalia from the early Wasatchian Four Mile fauna, Eocene of northwest Colorado, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 37 1, 1-130
Thewissen J. G. M. (1990) Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra), University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 29, 1-107
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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