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Litomylus scaphicus

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Taxonomy
Litomylus scaphicus was named by Gazin (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 21014, a mandible, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Saddle, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Litomylus dissentaneus by Van Valen (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Litomylus scaphicus Gazin pp. 37-38 figs. Pl. 8:2, 4
1980Litomylus scaphicus Rigby, Jr.
1998Litomylus scaphicus Secord

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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()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyApheliscidaeMatthew 1918
genusLitomylus
speciesscaphicus

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.

†Litomylus scaphicus Gazin 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.8 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Litomylus scaphicus (14820)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Litomylus scaphicus (14964 type locality: 14989)