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Sespedectes singularis

Mammalia - Sespedectidae

Taxonomy
Sespedectes singularis was named by Stock (1935) [genotype]. Its type locality is Pearson Ranch (Bed CS20), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California. It is the type species of Sespedectes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Sespedectes singularis Stock

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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
—Eulipotyphla
—Erinaceomorpha()
familySespedectidaeNovacek 1985
subfamilySespedectinae
genusSespedectes
speciessingularis

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.

†Sespedectes singularis Stock 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Sespedectes singularis (16673 16677 16682 16693 16694 16695 16696 16763 16764 16765 16767 16768 16770 16771)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Sespedectes singularis (16585 16766 16780 167831)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Sespedectes singularis (16783 16785 16786 16789 16790 16791 16793) Sespedectes sp. (16615)
Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (California) Sespedectes singularis (16801 16802)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) Sespedectes singularis (16527 16804 16805 16806 16807 type locality: 16810 16812 16813)