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Ectypodus powelli

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Ectypodus powelli was named by Jepsen (1940). Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Ectypodus powelli Jepsen
1969Ectypodus powelli Gazin p. 4
1987Ectypodus powelli Gingerich p. 301

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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
genusEctypodus
speciespowelli

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.

†Ectypodus powelli Jepsen 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Krause 1982, Gunnell et al. 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Clarkforkian or 58.70000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Ectypodus powelli (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Ectypodus powelli (14954)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Ectypodus powelli (15048 15064)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Ectypodus powelli (14936 14944 14952 14965 15017 15034 type locality: 15049 15057 26569 190419)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Ectypodus powelli (80579)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Ectypodus powelli (15082 15085 15087 15089 15150 15151 15155 15183) Ectypodus sp. (15072)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Ectypodus powelli (15081)