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Colpocherus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8616174https://www.gbif.org/species/8616174
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)159151https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=159151
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dormaaliidae : Colpocherus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Macroscelidea : Amphilemuridae : Colpocherus
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
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
-AfroinsectivoraWaddell et al. 2001
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyAmphilemuridaeHill 1953
subfamilySespedectinaeNovacek 1985
genusColpocherusBeard & Dawson 2009
Scientific NameColpocherus Beard & Dawson, 2009
Name Published InAnnals of Carnegie Museum 78.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Colpocherusgenusbelongs to Sespedectinaestated with evidenceBeard and Dawson, 2009
Colpocherusgenusbelongs to Amphilemuridaestated without evidenceRose et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Macroscelidea)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson. 2009. Early Wasatchian mammals of the Red Hot local fauna, uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(3):193-243

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Colpocherus mississippiensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		155.8 Ma
Eocene		55.8 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2009Colpocherus Beard and Dawson
2012Colpocherus Rose et al.

References

Beard K. C., Dawson M. R. (2009) Early Wasatchian mammals of the Red Hot local fauna, uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Annals of Carnegie Museum 78 3, 193-243
Rose K. D., Chew A. E., et al (2012) Earliest Eocene mammalian fauna from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Sand Creek Divide, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 36, 1-122
Annals of Carnegie Museum 78. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: Early Wasatchian mammals of the Red Hot local fauna, uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. - 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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