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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4829857	https://www.gbif.org/species/4829857
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42252	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42252

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyopsodontidae : Litomylus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Macroscelidea : Apheliscidae : Litomylus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
-	Afroinsectivora	Waddell et al. 2001
order	Macroscelidea	Butler 1956
family	Apheliscidae	Matthew 1918
genus	Litomylus	Simpson 1935

Scientific Name

Litomylus Simpson, 1935

Name Published In

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 83

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Litomylus	genus	belongs to Hyopsodontidae	stated without evidence	Simpson, 1935
Litomylus	genus	belongs to Hyopsodontidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Litomylus	genus	belongs to Hyopsodontidae	stated without evidence	Archibald, 1998
Litomylus	genus	belongs to Tricuspiodontinae	stated without evidence	Scott et al., 2002
Litomylus	genus	belongs to Apheliscidae	stated with evidence	Zack et al., 2005
Litomylus	genus	belongs to Hyopsodontidae	stated with evidence	Williamson and Weil, 2011
Litomylus	genus	belongs to Apheliscidae	stated with evidence	Hooker and Russell, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Macroscelidea)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. G. Simpson. 1935. New Paleocene mammals from the Fort Union of Montana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83:221-244

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ellipsodon aequidens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Litomylus dissentaneus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	20	63.3 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Litomylus grandaletes ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Litomylus ishami ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Litomylus orthronepius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Litomylus scaphicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	63.3 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1935	Litomylus Simpson
1988	Litomylus Carroll
1998	Litomylus Archibald p. 307
2002	Litomylus Scott et al. p. 695
2005	Litomylus Zack et al.
2011	Litomylus Williamson and Weil
2012	Litomylus Hooker and Russell

References

Simpson G. G. (1935) New Paleocene mammals from the Fort Union of Montana, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83, 221-244

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Archibald J. D. (1998) Archaic ungulates ("Condylarthra"), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 292-331

Scott C. S., Fox R. C., et al (2002) New earliest Tiffanian (late Paleocene) mammals from Cochrane 2, southwestern Alberta, Canada, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47 4, 691-704

Zack S. P., Penkrot T. A., et al (2005) A new apheliscine "condylarth" mammal from the late Paleocene of Montana and Alberta and the phylogeny of "hyopsodontids", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 4, 809-830

Williamson T. E., Weil A. (2011) A new early Paleocene (Puercan) hyopsodontid “condylarth” from New Mexico, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 2, 247-255 doi:doi:10.4202/app.2009.0147

Hooker J. J., Russell D. E. (2012) Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164, 856-936

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 83 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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