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Telacodon laevis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4975196https://www.gbif.org/species/4975196
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)52109https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=52109
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Aegialodontidae : Telacodon : Telacodon laevis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolesta : Cimolestidae : Telacodon : Telacodon laevis
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
-Cimolesta
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusTelacodonMarsh 1892
speciesTelacodon laevisMarsh 1892
Generic NameTelacodon
Scientific NameTelacodon laevis Marsh, 1892
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Telacodon laevisspeciesbelongs to Telacodonstated without evidenceMarsh, 1892
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Cimolestidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Cimolestidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1892Telacodon laevis Marsh
1902Telacodon laevis Hay p. 566
1927Telacodon laevis Simpson p. 122
1929Telacodon laevis Simpson p. 138
1979Telacodon laevis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Telacodon laevis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 508

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
Simpson G. G. (1927) Mesozoic Mammalia. VIII. Genera of Lance mammals other than multituberculates, American Journal of Science 14 80, 121-130 doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-14.80.121
Simpson G. G. (1929) American Mesozoic Mammalia, Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Yale University 3 1, 1-171
Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Bown T. M., et al (1979) Eutheria, Mesozoic mammals: the first two-thirds of mammalian history, 221-258
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
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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