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Gypsonictops hypoconus

Mammalia - Gypsonictopidae

Taxonomy
Gypsonictops hypoconus was named by Simpson (1927). Its type specimen is YPM 13662, a tooth (upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peterson's Quarry, which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Gypsonictops.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson pp. 6-7 fig. 6
1929Euangelistes petersoni Simpson
1929Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson pp. 137-138
1930Gypsonictops hypoconus Hay p. 432
1954Euangelistes petersoni Wood and Ormsbee p. 30
1954Gypsonictops hypoconus Wood and Ormsbee p. 30
1965Gypsonictops petersoni Sloan and Van Valen p. 221
1973Gypsonictops hypoconus Clemens
1976Gypsonictops petersoni Sloan
1979Gypsonictops hypoconus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
1984Gypsonictops petersoni Archibald and Clemens
2004Gypsonictops hypoconus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 506

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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
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyGypsonictopidaeVan Valen 1967
genusGypsonictops
specieshypoconus

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.

†Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson 1927
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Invalid names: Euangelistes petersoni Simpson 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoreg
Diet 2: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:35:30
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:35:30
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Gypsonictops hypoconus (14537 14604 14612)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Gypsonictops hypoconus (14515 14576 14616 172642 172644) Gypsonictops hypoconus, Gypsonictops petersoni (14516) Gypsonictops petersoni (14517)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Gypsonictops hypoconus (14630)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Gypsonictops hypoconus (14514 14519 14522 14524 14527 14538 14565 14566 14570 14587 14591 14596 14598 14601 type locality: 14606 14609 14641 14642) Gypsonictops hypoconus, Euangelistes petersoni (14505)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Gypsonictops hypoconus (14569)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Gypsonictops hypoconus (119009)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Gypsonictops hypoconus (14585)