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Mimotricentes fremontensis

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Tricentes fremontensis was named by Gazin (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 20582, 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 recombined as Mimotricentes fremontensis by Van Valen and Sloan (1965), Krause and Gingerich (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Tricentes fremontensis Gazin p. 25
1965Mimotricentes fremontensis Van Valen and Sloan
1983Mimotricentes fremontensis Krause and Gingerich

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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
genusMimotricentes
speciesfremontensis()

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.

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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: Lillegraven 1979, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tiffanian or 60.90000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) Mimotricentes fremontensis (15025)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Mimotricentes fremontensis (15001) Mimotricentes sp. (15017) Tricentes fremontensis (14964 type locality: 14989)