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Palaeosinopa

Mammalia - Pantolestidae

Taxonomy
Palaeosinopa was named by Matthew (1901). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeosinopa veterrima.

It was assigned to Proviverridae by Hay (1902); to Pantolestinae by Lopatin (2006); and to Pantolestidae by Matthew (1901), Van Valen (1967), Gingerich (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Rose et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Palaeosinopa Matthew
1902Palaeosinopa Hay p. 754
1967Palaeosinopa Van Valen
1980Palaeosinopa Gingerich p. 449
1997Palaeosinopa McKenna and Bell
2006Palaeosinopa Lopatin
2012Palaeosinopa 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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Cimolesta()
suborderPantolesta
familyPantolestidaeCope 1884
genusPalaeosinopaMatthew 1901

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. †Palaeosinopa Matthew 1901
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Palaeosinopa aestuarium Beard and Dawson 2009
Palaeosinopa dorri Gingerich 1980
Palaeosinopa incerta Bown and Schankler 1982
Palaeosinopa lacus Gunnell et al. 2016
Palaeosinopa lutreola Matthew 1918
Palaeosinopa nunavutensis Eberle and McKenna 2002
Palaeosinopa reclusum Rankin 2014
Palaeosinopa russelli Smith 1997
Palaeosinopa veterrima Matthew 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: durophagef
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:16:47
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:16:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 58.70000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) P. reclusum (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) P. simpsoni (14944) P. sp. (14952)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) P. didelphoides (15048) P. sp. (14937)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) P. dorri (15024)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) P. didelphoides (15092) P. sp. (15072 15080 15082 15109 15147 15156 15159 15168 15173 15181 15192 15204 15216)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (Montana) P. didelphoides (15079)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) P. sp. (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) P. russelli (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) P. osborni (38868)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. didelphoides (15930 16078) P. didelphoides, P. veterrima (15915)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) P. sp. (15595)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) P. didelphoides (15485 15887) P. incerta (15223)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. didelphoides (15710 15942) P. incerta (15467 15468 15522 15587 15590 15705 15794 46636 46638 46644 46645 46659 46675 46792 46813) P. incerta, P. lutreola (15592) P. incerta, P. lutreola, P. veterrima (15510 15524 15542) P. incerta, P. veterrima (15512 46685) P. lacus (186933) P. lutreola (15491 15493 15509 15586 15697 15699 15723 46809) P. lutreola, P. didelphoides (15932 16055) P. sp. (15455 15673 15682 15696 15892 46667 46670 46731 46738 46768 46793 46800 46829 118482) P. veterrima (15507 15519 15523 15531 15532 15538 15546 15551 15552 15555 15556 15575 15578 15687 15694 15702 15707 46682 46705 46734 46746 46749 46758 46767 46846)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) P. sp. (15895)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Mississippi) P. sp. (15719)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (15583)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) P. lutreola (154254 154262 154279)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) P. sp. (68440)
Wasatchian - Bridgerian55.8 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) P. lutreola (15669)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) P. didelphoides (16198 16207)