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Michenia agatensis

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Michenia agatensis was named by Frick and Taylor (1971) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH 14255, a partial skeleton (partial skull and mandible with i1/1-m3/3, both partial humeri, right radius and left partial radius, right scaphoid and lunar, distal end of metacarpus, two co), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Agate (5-7 Miles NE), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Michenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Michenia agatensis Frick and Taylor
1998Michenia agatensis Honey et al. p. 446
2005Michenia agatensis Pagnac
2007Michenia agatensis Honey p. 188

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyProtolabinaeZittel 1893
genusMichenia
speciesagatensis

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.

†Michenia agatensis Frick and Taylor 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Harrisonian to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 23.10000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) Michenia agatensis (17800)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) Michenia agatensis (167826 167853)
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Michenia agatensis (type locality: 17738)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) Michenia agatensis (167840 167841) Paratylopus primaevus (17762)