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Didelphodon vorax

Mammalia - Stagodontidae

Taxonomy
Didelphodon vorax was named by Marsh (1889). Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003), which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Didelphodon, Didelphops.

It was recombined as Didelphops vorax by Marsh (1889).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cimolestes curtus Marsh
1889Didelphodon ferox Marsh
1889Didelphodon vorax Marsh
1889Didelphops ferox Marsh
1889Didelphops vorax Marsh
1889Stagodon nitor Marsh
1889Didelphodon ferox Marsh p. 88
1889Didelphodon vorax Marsh p. 88
1889Cimolestes curtus Marsh p. 89 figs. pl. 4, figs 8-11
1889Stagodon nitor Marsh p. 178
1892Stagodon validus Marsh p. 256
1897Stagodon validus Marsh p. 521
1898Ectoconodon petersoni Osborn
1902Stagodon nitor Hay p. 564
1902Stagodon validus Hay p. 565
1902Cimolestes curtus Hay p. 566
1902Didelphodon ferox Hay p. 566
1902Didelphodon vorax Hay p. 566
1902Ectoconodon petersoni Hay p. 692
1927Diaphorodon curtus Simpson p. 122
1927Didelphodon vorax Simpson p. 122
1927Ectoconodon petersoni Simpson p. 122
1929Didelphodon vorax Simpson pp. 122-124
1929Ectoconodon petersoni Simpson pp. 125-126
1929Diaphorodon curtus Simpson pp. 132-133
1930Didelphodon ferox Hay p. 390
1930Didelphodon vorax Hay p. 391
1930Ectoconodon petersoni Hay p. 391
1930Diaphorodon curtus Hay p. 392
1930Stagodon nitor Hay p. 392
1930Stagodon validus Hay p. 392
1954Ectoconodon petersoni Wood and Ormsbee p. 28
1966Didelphodon vorax Clemens
1966Diaphorodon curtus Van Valen
1972Didelphodon nitor Sahni
1979Didelphodon vorax Clemens p. 193
2004Didelphodon vorax Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 459

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
familyStagodontidaeMarsh 1889
genusDidelphodon
speciesvoraxMarsh 1889

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.

†Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889
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Invalid names: Cimolestes curtus Marsh 1889 [synonym], Didelphodon ferox Marsh 1889 [synonym], Ectoconodon petersoni Osborn 1898 [synonym], Stagodon nitor Marsh 1889 [synonym], Stagodon validus Marsh 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticg
Diet: durophageg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:57:38
Modified: 2011-04-27 19:55:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Fox and Naylor 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Didelphodon vorax (14537 14612)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Didelphodon vorax (14610 183291 183292)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolestes curtus (14592) Cimolestes curtus, Didelphodon ferox, Didelphodon vorax, Stagodon validus (type locality: 14565) Didelphodon ferox (14591) Didelphodon vorax (14519 14522 14524 14538 14561 14566 14570 14578 14579 14596 14598 14609 14641 14642 14656) Ectoconodon petersoni (14505) Stagodon nitor (14606)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Didelphodon vorax (14631 14633 14635 14637 14638)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Didelphodon vorax (14558 14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Didelphodon vorax (14513 14516 14517 14523 14525 14530 14533 14549 14556 14575 14576 14580 14582 14583 14594 14595 14597 14605 14608 14615 14616 14617 14622 14624 14627 14628 14646 14647 14649 14653 14654 183290)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Didelphodon vorax (183109)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Didelphodon vorax (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Didelphodon vorax (45099 45111 45136)