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Mesoscalops
Taxonomy
Mesoscalops was named by Reed (1960). Its type is Mesoscalops scopelotemos.
It was assigned to Proscalopinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Proscalopidae by Reed (1960), Barnosky (1981), Carroll (1988) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Proscalopinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Proscalopidae by Reed (1960), Barnosky (1981), Carroll (1988) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1907 | Arctoryctes Matthew |
1907 | Arctoryctes terrenus Matthew |
1930 | Arctoryctes Hay p. 429 |
1930 | Arctoryctes terrenus Hay p. 429 |
1954 | Arctoryctes Reed p. 102 |
1960 | Mesoscalops Reed |
1967 | Mesoscalops Van Valen |
1967 | Proscalops terrenus Van Valen |
1968 | Proscalops terrenus Hutchison |
1972 | Proscalops terrenus Hutchison |
1981 | Mesoscalops Barnosky p. 293 |
1988 | Mesoscalops Carroll |
1997 | Arctoryctes McKenna and Bell |
2008 | Mesoscalops Gunnell et al. |
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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. †Mesoscalops Reed 1960
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†Mesoscalops montanensis Barnosky 1981
†Mesoscalops scopelotemos Reed 1960
Invalid names: Arctoryctes Matthew 1907 [nomen dubium], Arctoryctes terrenus Matthew 1907 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: base of the early Late Barstovian to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 16.30000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (23 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | M. scopelotemos (17892 17934 17963 26019 69808 69915 69916) | |
Hemingfordian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | M. sp. (18003) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | M. scopelotemos (19073 19074 19075 19076 19077 19078 19079 19081) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | M. sp. (17877 17912 17913 17914) | |
Late/Upper Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | M. scopelotemos (17889) | |
Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (Montana) | M. montanensis (19084) | |
early Late Barstovian | USA (Montana) | M. sp. (18848) |