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Thryptacodon australis

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Taxonomy
Thryptacodon australis was named by Simpson (1935). Its type locality is Mason Pocket, which is in a Tiffanian fissure fill shale in Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Thryptacodon australis Simpson
1978Thryptacodon australis Van Valen

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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
genusThryptacodon
speciesaustralis

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.

†Thryptacodon australis Simpson 1935
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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: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Thryptacodon australis (14962)
Ti360.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Thryptacodon australis (14928)
Ti460.9 - 56.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Thryptacodon australis (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) Thryptacodon australis (14937 15037 15064)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) Thryptacodon australis (14931 15000)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Thryptacodon australis (14926 14936 14944 14952 14980 14988 14997 14999 15001 15007 15017 190410)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Colorado) Thryptacodon australis (type locality: 14967 174227)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Thryptacodon australis (15018 15024)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Thryptacodon australis (15241 15252 15258)