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Gelastops

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Emperodon Simpson
1935Gelastops Simpson
1967Gelastops Van Valen
1997Gelastops McKenna and Bell
2006Gelastops Lopatin
2007Gelastops Burger p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusGelastops

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. †Gelastops Simpson 1935
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Gelastops joni Rigby, Jr. 1980
Gelastops parcus Simpson 1935
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Invalid names: Emperodon acmeodontoides Simpson 1935 [synonym]
Invalid names: Emperodon Simpson 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 09:41:44
Modified: 2005-09-10 19:53:58
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Puercan to the top of the Tiffanian or 66.00000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) G. sp. (14766)
To263.3 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) G. sp. (14894)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (Texas) G. sp. (14829)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (Montana) G. parcus (14906 14913)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (Wyoming) G. joni (14886) G. parcus (14881 14898 14905 14912)
Torrejonian - Tiffanian63.3 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) G. joni (14851)
Ti361.7 - 56.8USA (Colorado) G. parcus (99821)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) G. parcus (15012) G. sp. (15067 198262 198263 198264 198265)