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Scenopagus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8238028	https://www.gbif.org/species/8238028
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40358	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40358

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dormaaliidae : Scenopagus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Macroscelidea : Amphilemuridae : Scenopagus

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
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
-	Afroinsectivora	Waddell et al. 2001
order	Macroscelidea	Butler 1956
family	Amphilemuridae	Hill 1953
genus	Scenopagus	McKenna & Simpson 1959

Scientific Name

Scenopagus McKenna & Simpson, 1959

Name Published In

Am. Mus. Novit. No. 1952

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Scenopagus	genus	belongs to Dormaaliidae	stated without evidence	McKenna and Simpson, 1959
Scenopagus	genus	belongs to Creotarsinae	stated without evidence	Van Valen, 1967
Scenopagus	genus	belongs to Dormaaliidae	stated without evidence	Robinson, 1968
Scenopagus	genus	subjective synonym of Talpavus	stated without evidence	Delson, 1971
Scenopagus	genus	belongs to Dormaaliidae	stated without evidence	Gazin, 1976
Scenopagus	genus	belongs to Dormaaliidae	stated with evidence	Novacek et al., 1985

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

40.4 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Macroscelidea)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. C. McKenna and G. G. Simpson. 1959. A new insectivore from the Middle Eocene of Tabernacle Butte, Wyoming. American Museum Novitates 1952

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Diacodon edenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	24	55.8 Ma Eocene	46.2 Ma Eocene
Nyctitherium curtidens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	25	55.8 Ma Eocene	46.2 Ma Eocene
Nyctitherium priscum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	20	55.8 Ma Eocene	46.2 Ma Eocene
Scenopagus hewettensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1959	Scenopagus McKenna and Simpson
1967	Scenopagus Van Valen
1968	Scenopagus Robinson
1976	Scenopagus Gazin
1976	Scenopagus Krishtalka
1985	Scenopagus Novacek et al. p. 5

References

McKenna M. C., Simpson G. G. (1959) A new insectivore from the Middle Eocene of Tabernacle Butte, Wyoming, American Museum Novitates 1952

Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284

Gazin C. L. (1976) Mammalian Faunal Zones of the Bridger Middle Eocene, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 26, 1-25

Krishtalka L. (1976) Early Tertiary Adapisoricidae and Erinaceidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) of North America, Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1

Novacek M. J., Bown T. M., et al (1985) On the classification of early Tertiary Erinaceomorpha (Insectivora, Mammalia), American Museum Novitates 2813, 1-22

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Am. Mus. Novit. No. 1952 - 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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