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Mimatuta morgoth

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Mimatuta morgoth was named by Van Valen (1978) [genotype]. Its type locality is Harbicht Hill, which is in a Puercan floodplain horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Mimatuta morgoth Van Valen
2004Mimatuta morgoth Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 495, 515-516

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
orderProcreodiMatthew 1915
familyArctocyonidaeMurray 1866
genusMimatuta
speciesmorgoth

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.

†Mimatuta morgoth Van Valen 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:54:39
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:06:44
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.80000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Montana) Mimatuta morgoth (14671 14672 14675 14699 14705 type locality: 14741 14742 14749 14751 14754 14763 14771 14777 14782 14787 14788 14798 108198 108199) Mimatuta sp. (14759)