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Eudaemonema cuspidata

Mammalia - Mixodectidae

Taxonomy
Eudaemonema cuspidata was named by Simpson (1935). Its type specimen is U.S.N.M. no. 9314, a mandible (left lower jaw with C, P2-M3, and roots or alveoli of all other teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Eudaemonema.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Eudaemonema cuspidata Simpson
2010Eudaemonema cuspidata Scott p. 1457

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
superfamilyMixodectoidea
familyMixodectidaeCope 1883
genusEudaemonema
speciescuspidata

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.

†Eudaemonema cuspidata 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: 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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Ti1 to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Eudaemonema cuspidata (14904 14905 14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Eudaemonema cuspidata (type locality: 14906 14913)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Eudaemonema cuspidata (14939)