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Apheliscidae

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Apheliscidae Matthew
1930Apheliscidae Hay p. 450
2005Apheliscidae Zack et al.
2012Apheliscidae Hooker and Russell
2012Apheliscidae Rose et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyApheliscidaeMatthew 1918
familyApheliscidaeMatthew 1918

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.

Fm. †Apheliscidae Matthew 1918
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G. †Aletodon Gingerich 1977
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†Aletodon conardae Winterfeld 1982
†Aletodon gunnelli Gingerich 1977
†Aletodon mellon Van Valen 1978
†Aletodon quadravus Gingerich 1983
Subfm. †Apheliscinae Matthew 1918
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G. †Parapheliscus Van Valen 1967
G. †Apheliscus Cope 1875
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†Apheliscus chydaeus Gingerich 1994
†Apheliscus insidiosus Cope 1874
†Apheliscus nitidus Simpson 1937
†Apheliscus wapitiensis Van Valen 1967
G. †Dorraletes Gingerich 1983
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G. †Gingerichia Zack et al. 2005
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†Gingerichia geoteretes Zack et al. 2005
†Gingerichia hystrix Zack et al. 2005
G. †Haplaletes Simpson 1935
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†Haplaletes andakupensis Van Valen 1978
†Haplaletes disceptatrix Simpson 1935
†Haplaletes pelicatus Gazin 1956
G. †Haplomylus Matthew 1915
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†Haplomylus bozemanensis Robinson and Williams 1997
†Haplomylus meridionalis Beard and Dawson 2009
†Haplomylus palustris Gingerich 1994
†Haplomylus scottianus Gingerich 1994
†Haplomylus simpsoni Rose 1981
†Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880
†Haplomylus zalmouti Gingerich and Smith 2006
G. †Litomylus Simpson 1935
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†Litomylus aequidens Matthew 1937
†Litomylus dissentaneus Simpson 1935
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Invalid names: Litomylus osceolae Van Valen 1978 [synonym], Litomylus scaphiscus Gazin 1956 [synonym]
†Litomylus grandaletes Scott et al. 2002
†Litomylus ishami Gazin 1956
†Litomylus orthronepius Johnston and Fox 1984
†Litomylus scaphicus Gazin 1956
Subfm. †Louisininae Sudre and Russell 1982
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G. †Khamsaconus Sudre et al. 1993
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†Khamsaconus bulbosus Sudre et al. 1993
G. †Phenacodaptes Jepsen 1930
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†Phenacodaptes sabulosus Jepsen 1930
G. †Utemylus Gingerich 1983
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†Utemylus latomius Gingerich 1983
†Utemylus serior Gazin 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Lutetian or 63.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (429 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Litomylus orthronepius (14768)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Utah) Haplaletes andakupensis (14790)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Haplaletes andakupensis (14766) Litomylus orthronepius (14809)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) Haplaletes diminutivus (14962)
To263.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Litomylus sp. (14894)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Haplaletes disceptatrix, Litomylus dissentaneus (14906)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Haplaletes disceptatrix, Litomylus dissentaneus (14893) Haplaletes sp. (14832) Litomylus dissentaneus (14815)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Haplaletes disceptatrix (14896 14904) Haplaletes disceptatrix, Litomylus dissentaneus (14886 14898 14912) Litomylus dissentaneus (14879 14881 14897 14903)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Haplaletes disceptatrix (14956)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.8 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Haplaletes disceptatrix (14851) Litomylus scaphicus (14820)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Litomylus dissentaneus, Litomylus sp., Apheliscinae indet. (14939)
Ti361.7 - 56.8USA (Colorado) Haplaletes pelicatus (99821)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Colorado) Haplaletes serior, Haplomylus simpsoni, Litomylus ishami, Phenacodaptes sabulosus (174227) Utemylus latomius (14967)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Aletodon conardae, Phenacodaptes sabulosus (14974) Aletodon quadravus, Dorraletes diminutivus (14936) Aletodon quadravus, Haplaletes serior (15017) Aletodon sp. (15059 53059) Apheliscus nitidus (190419 190476) Haplaletes diminutivus (14944) Haplaletes disceptatrix (15014) Haplaletes disceptatrix, Litomylus dissentaneus (15016) Haplaletes pelicatus, Litomylus ishami (14999) Haplaletes pelicatus, Litomylus scaphicus, Litomylus scaphiscus (14989) Haplaletes serior (14997) Haplaletes sp. (14965) Haplaletes sp., Haplaletes disceptatrix (198265) Haplaletes sp., Haplaletes disceptatrix, Haplaletes pelicatus (198264) Haplaletes sp., Haplaletes disceptatrix, Haplaletes pelicatus, Litomylus dissentaneus (198263) Haplaletes sp., Haplaletes pelicatus, Litomylus dissentaneus (198262) Litaletes sp. (14926) Litomylus dissentaneus (14983 15015) Litomylus ishami (14981) Litomylus scaphicus, Litomylus scaphiscus (14964) Litomylus sp. (15034 15067) Litomylus sp., Phenacodaptes sabulosus (15036) Phenacodaptes sabulosus (15049 15057 190437) Phenacodaptes sabulosus, Litomylus ishami (14952) Phenacodaptes sp. (187515)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Gingerichia geoteretes (15030) Gingerichia sp. 1 (15010) Haplaletes diminutivus (15048) Haplaletes disceptatrix, Litomylus ishami (14937) Haplaletes sp., Haplaletes disceptatrix, Litomylus dissentaneus (15047) Litomylus dissentaneus, Hyopsodontidae indet. (15025)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Aletodon quadravus, Haplaletes diminutivus (14931)
Tiffanian - Clarkforkian61.7 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Apheliscus sabulosus (15035)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Aletodon gunnelli, Apheliscus nitidus, Haplomylus simpsoni (80579)
Cf256.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Phenacodaptes sp., Apheliscus nitidus (46651)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Montana) Haplomylus sp., Haplaletes sp. (15079)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Aletodon gunnelli (15101 15112 15128 15146 15162 190416) Aletodon gunnelli, Apheliscus nitidus (15089 15126 15137 15206) Aletodon gunnelli, Apheliscus nitidus, Haplomylus simpsoni (15084 15122 15124 15147 15159 15167 15181 15193) Aletodon gunnelli, Haplomylus simpsoni (15165) Apheliscus nitidus (15075 15107 15134 15183 15192 190454 190480) Apheliscus nitidus, Aletodon gunnelli (15072) Apheliscus nitidus, Haplomylus palustris (190455) Apheliscus nitidus, Haplomylus simpsoni (15097 15104 15160) Apheliscus sp. (15082 15216) Haplomylus simpsoni (15085 15087 15091 15099 15102 15103 15110 15111 15120 15129 15132 15139 15142 15156 15170 15171 15172 15174 15178 15184 15185 15189 15198 15202 154182) Haplomylus sp., Aletodon gunnelli, Apheliscus insidiosus (15092) Haplomylus speirianus (15076) Phenacodaptes sabulosus (15201 190434)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Colorado) Aletodon gunnelli (15252 15347) Apheliscus sp., Aletodon gunnelli, Haplomylus simpsoni (15346) Haplomylus simpsoni (15239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Khamsaconus bulbosus (133216)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Apheliscus insidiosus (15701) Haplomylus sp. (15875) Haplomylus speirianus (15878)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Apheliscus chydaeus (15587 15726 15727 15731 15733 15736 15738 15740 15753 15754 15755 15774 15775 15788 15792 15794 15796 15797 15815 15816 15819 15820 15822 15823 15825 15829) Apheliscus chydaeus, Apheliscus wapitiensis, Haplomylus speirianus (15586) Apheliscus chydaeus, Haplomylus scottianus (15742 15758 15790 15800) Apheliscus chydaeus, Haplomylus speirianus (46721 46727 46780 46782 46785 46788 46798 46804 46809 46813 46814 46819 46838) Apheliscus insidiosus (15687 15707 15964 46683 46707 46734 46737 46752 46760 46820 46847 186944) Apheliscus insidiosus, Haplomylus scottianus (15694 15697 46731 46749 46759) Apheliscus insidiosus, Haplomylus speirianus (46816 46817) Apheliscus nitidus (16022 16026) Apheliscus sp. (15551 15552 15553 15574 46658) Apheliscus sp., Haplomylus scottianus (15532) Apheliscus sp., Haplomylus sp. (15577) Apheliscus sp., Haplomylus speirianus (15495 15507 15510 15512 15514 15516 15518 15520 15521 15522 15523 15531 46690 118482) Apheliscus wapitiensis, Haplomylus speirianus (46808 46834) Haplomylus bozemanensis (16036 16047) Haplomylus bozemanensis, Haplomylus speirianus (15883 15884 16040 16041 16042 16049 16051) Haplomylus bozemanensis, Haplomylus speirianus, Apheliscus nitidus (15912 16055) Haplomylus scottianus (15593 15682 15695 15698 15702 15704 15705 15741 15743 15744 15745 15757 15767 15768 15769 15770 15782 15784 15785 15798 15799 15801 15802 15803 15805 15806 15807 15810 15827 15828 15835 46720 46733 46738 46739 46751 46753 46756 46758 46845 186939 186945 186946) Haplomylus sp. (15892 15943 16006 16007 46691) Haplomylus speirianus (15455 15468 15471 15472 15503 15505 15509 15513 15515 15517 15519 15524 15588 15589 15592 15594 15673 15683 15717 15721 15889 15891 15933 15994 16018 16021 16024 16025 16028 16029 16030 16031 16032 16033 16034 16038 16039 16045 16046 16048 16050 16052 46636 46639 46641 46642 46644 46647 46656 46657 46659 46667 46668 46669 46673 46685 46686 46688 46693 46694 46697 46698 46722 46724 46726 46744 46768 46770 46771 46772 46773 46774 46775 46777 46778 46783 46784 46786 46787 46790 46792 46793 46794 46795 46796 46797 46799 46800 46803 46805 46807 46812 46815 46818 46822 46823 46824 46828 46830 46831 46832 46839 46844) Haplomylus speirianus, Apheliscus insidiosus (15491 15793) Haplomylus speirianus, Apheliscus nitidus (15932 16020 16027) Haplomylus speirianus, Apheliscus sp. (15493 15504 15729 15756 15779) Haplomylus speirianus, Haplomylus scottianus (15699) Parapheliscus wapitiensis (85438)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Apheliscus sp. (15356 15660) Apheliscus sp., Haplomylus speirianus (15222 15350 15353 15357 15450 15480 15485 15725 15845 15865 15887) Haplomylus speirianus (15220 15267 15366 15863 15864 15868 15870)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Prototomus insidiosus (15452)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Mississippi) Haplomylus speirianus (15719)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Apheliscidae indet. (154254) Apheliscus insidiosus (15684) Haplomylus speirianus (15679) Haplomylus zalmouti (80580 154260 154279)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3China (Shandong) Haplomylus sp. (39413)