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Ectoconus

Osteichthyes - Periptychidae

Taxonomy
Ectoconus was named by Cope (1884). It is not extant. Its type is Periptychus ditrigonus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Conoryctes by Cope (1885).

It was assigned to Periptychidae by Cope (1884), Cope (1888), Osborn and Earle (1895), Matthew (1937), Chow et al. (1977), Carroll (1988); and to Periptychinae by Hay (1902), Archibald (1998), Eberle (2003).

Species
E. cavigellii, E. ditrigonus (syn. E. majusculus), E. symbolus
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. maiusculus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Ectoconus Cope
1888Ectoconus Cope
1895Ectoconus Osborn and Earle
1902Ectoconus Hay p. 694
1937Ectoconus Matthew
1977Ectoconus Chow et al.
1988Ectoconus Carroll
1998Ectoconus Archibald p. 312
2003Ectoconus Eberle p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Bulbulodentata
familyPeriptychidaeCope 1882
subfamilyPeriptychinaeOsborn and Earle 1895
genusEctoconusCope 1884

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.

G. †Ectoconus Cope 1884
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†Ectoconus cavigellii Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
†Ectoconus ditrigonus Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Ectoconus majusculus Matthew 1937 [synonym]
†Ectoconus symbolus Gazin 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:00:01
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:00:01
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.40000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (New Mexico) E. ditrigonus (14703 14760 14794) E. sp. (14661 14662)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Wyoming) E. cavigellii (14797) E. ditrigonus (14716 14717) E. sp. (14722)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Colorado) E. ditrigonus (14679 14684 14687 14688 14792 205863 205864 205868 205871 205881 205886 209900 209983 209997)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Utah) E. ditrigonus (14739) E. ditrigonus, E. symbolus (14692 14736) E. maiusculus (224186) E. sp., E. symbolus (14748) E. symbolus (14670 14790)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66China (Guangdong) E. sp. (176607)