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Heptacodon occidentalis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9448116https://www.gbif.org/species/9448116
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)352931https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=352931
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anthracotheriidae : Heptacodon : Heptacodon occidentalis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anthracotheriidae : Heptacodon : Heptacodon occidentalis
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
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
-CetancodontaArnason et al. 2000
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyAnthracotheriinaeLeidy 1869
genusHeptacodonMarsh 1894
speciesHeptacodon occidentalisScott 1940
Generic NameHeptacodon
Scientific NameHeptacodon occidentalis Scott, 1940
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Heptacodon occidentalisspeciesbelongs to Heptacodonstated with evidenceScott, 1940
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser (based on Anthracotheriidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. F. Osborn and J. L. Wortman. 1894. Fossil mammals of the Lower Miocene White River beds. Collection of 1892. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 6(7):199-228

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1894Anthracotherium occidentale Osborn and Wortman p. 222
1940Heptacodon occidentalis Scott p. 483
1940Heptacodon quadratus Scott p. 489 figs. Plate LI, Fig. 3
1956Heptacodon occidentale Macdonald p. 632

References

Osborn H. F., Wortman J. L. Fossil mammals of the Lower Miocene White River beds. Collection of 1892, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 6 7, 199-228
Scott W. B. (1940) The mammalian fauna of the White River Oligocene; Part 4, Artiodactyla; Part 5, Perissodactyla, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 28 4, 363-746
Macdonald J. R. (1956) The North American anthracotheres, Journal of Paleontology 30 3, 615-645
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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