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Protolambda florencae

Mammalia - Pediomyidae

Taxonomy
Aletridelphys florencae was named by Clemens (1966). Its type specimen is UCMP 51440, a maxilla (left fragmentary maxilla with M2-3), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kent 484, which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
superfamilyPediomyoideaSimpson 1927
familyPediomyidae()
genusProtolambdaOsborn 1898
speciesflorencae()

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.

†Protolambda florencae Clemens 1966
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979

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

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Pediomys florencae (14610)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Pediomys florencae (14508 14509 14516 14517 14547 14549 14563 14575 14580 14597 14605 14608 14624 14639 14647 14650 14653 172642 172644)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Pediomys florencae (14505 14519 14527 14538 14565 14566 type locality: 14579)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Pediomys florencae (14537)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Pediomys florencae (14569)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Pediomys florencae (45099)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Pediomys florencae (14585)