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Simoclaenus sylvaticus

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Simoclaenus sylvaticus was named by de Muizon and Cifelli (2000). Its type specimen is MHNC 8332, a mandible (Right dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tiupampa site 2, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia. It is the type species of Simoclaenus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Simoclaenus sylvaticus de Muizon and Cifelli p. 105

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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
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
subfamilyKollpaniinaeMarshall et al. 1990
genusSimoclaenus
speciessylvaticus

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.

†Simoclaenus sylvaticus de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:57:38
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:57:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Mizque) Simoclaenus sylvaticus (13501 type locality: 138709)