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Mesodma

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Mesodma Jepsen
1965Mesodma Sloan and Van Valen p. 221
1979Mesodma Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
1986Mesodma Lillegraven and McKenna p. 17
1997Mesodma McKenna and Bell
2001Mesodma Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 418
2004Mesodma Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 334-335 fig. 8.43C
2010Mesodma Wilson et al. p. 505
2013Mesodma Donohue et al. p. 680

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyNeoplagiaulacidae
genusMesodma

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mesodma Jepsen 1940
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†Mesodma ambigua Jepsen 1940
†Mesodma formosa Marsh 1889
†Mesodma hensleighi Lillegraven 1969
†Mesodma pygmaea Sloan 1987
†Mesodma senecta Fox 1971
†Mesodma thompsoni Clemens 1964
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Invalid names: Mesodma garfieldensis Archibald 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004(based on Hahn and Hahn, 1983, emended). Most primitive member of the neoplagiaulacidea, with p3 present. Differs from the Tertiary representatives of the family in having a p4 lower crowned. In P4 the posterior cusps of the medial row are the highest, but the shearing specializations of this tooth are less developed than in later genera (e.g. Ectypodus). The p4 has 9-15 serrations; length varies between 2.7 and 4.7 mm.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:54:47
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:54:47
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Gunnell et al. 1995, Krause 1982, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Ti1 or 100.50000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (173 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) M. sp. (14396)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) M. senecta (14423) M. sp., M. senecta (14425)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) M. sp., M. formosa (14429)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) M. sp. (14488)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (14433 14458 14487)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) M. senecta (14464)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14467) M. sp. (14475) M. sp., M. formosa, M. hensleighi (14474)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Baja California) M. formosa (14456)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) M. senecta (14436) M. sp. (14498)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) M. formosa, M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14466)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) M. antiqua (45674 45897 45899)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) M. large sp., M. small sp. (14482) M. sp. (14437)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) M. antiqua (45567)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) M. sp. (14493)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) M. small sp., M. large sp. (14470) M. sp. (14434 14446 14457 14461 14490)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) M. antiqua (45819)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) M. sp. (68004 212186)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) M. thompsoni (14502)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Utah) M. hensleighi (14599)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) M. formosa, M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14558) M. formosa, M. thompsoni (14655)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) M. thompsoni (14610)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolomys formosus (14511 14606) Halodon formosus (14567 14590 14592) M. formosa (14526 14565) M. formosa, M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14519) M. sp. (14510 14522 14564 26626) M. sp., M. formosa, M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14514) M. thompsoni (14527 14596 14641 14644) M. thompsoni, M. formosa (14505 14538 14566 14598)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) M. formosa, M. hensleighi (14632) M. formosa, M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14630 14634) M. thompsoni (14638)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) M. formosa (14573 14619)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Colorado) M. formosa (96081)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) M. formosa, M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14537 14604 14612)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) M. formosa (14639) M. formosa, M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14508 14549 172642 172644) M. formosa, M. thompsoni (14515 14576 14595 14615 14616) M. sp. (14532 14568) M. sp., M. thompsoni (14597) M. thompsoni (14512 14523 14533 14534 14536 14560 14608)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) M. formosa (154429 154616)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) M. garfieldensis (14555)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) M. thompsoni (45099 45137)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) M. sp. (224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) M. formosa, M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) M. sp. (183109)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) M. sp. (85499)
Pu366.0 - 63.8USA (New Mexico) M. sp. (26575)
Pu366.0 - 63.8USA (Montana) M. sp. (14738)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Wyoming) M. ambigua (14808 174233) M. ambigua, M. garfieldensis (14722) M. garfieldensis (14709) M. sp. (14805 14806) M. sp., M. ambigua, M. formosa, M. hensleighi (14796)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8Canada (Saskatchewan) M. formosa, M. thompsoni (14768) M. sp. (14737 23503) M. sp., M. formosa, M. thompsoni (14691)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (North Dakota) M. sp. (14765)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Colorado) M. ambigua (14658) M. sp., M. ambigua, M. hensleighi (176863)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (New Mexico) M. thompsoni (14760)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Montana) M. ambigua, M. formosa (14766) M. formosa, M. thompsoni (14809) M. garfieldensis (14742 14798) M. sp. (14660 14669 14671 14672 14690 14696 14698 14701 14702 14751 14754 14763 14771 14772 14773 14775 14776 14777 14780 14784 14785 14786 14787 14788) M. sp., M. formosa, M. hensleighi, M. thompsoni (14743 14759 193844 231045 231047) M. sp., M. formosa, M. thompsoni (14801 14802) M. thompsoni (14741)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) M. sp. (14962)
To263.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) M. pygmaea (14894)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) M. pygmaea (14948) M. thompsoni (14829)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) M. pygmaea (14896 14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) M. pygmaea (14874 14906)
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) M. pygmaea (14939)
Ti360.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) M. pygmaea (14992)
Ti460.9 - 56.2Canada (Saskatchewan) M. pygmaea (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) M. pygmaea (14952 14989 15067) M. sp. (14936 15036)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) M. sp. (14931)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) M. pygmaea (15025 15064)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (California) M. sp. (14872)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) M. pygmaea (14959 14973 14995)