| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Mioclaenidae : Mioclaenus : Mioclaenus opisthacus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Condylarthra : Hyopsodontidae : Mioclaenus : Mioclaenus opisthacus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Mioclaenus |
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| Scientific Name | Mioclaenus opisthacus (Cope, 1882) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Mioclaenus opisthacus | species | belongs to Hemithlaeus | stated with evidence | Cope, 1882 | | Mioclaenus opisthacus | species | belongs to Mioclaenus | stated with evidence | Cope, 1882 | | Mioclaenus opisthacus | species | belongs to Protoselene | stated without evidence | Matthew, 1897 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | omnivore (based on Hyopsodontidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1882. Some new forms from the Puerco Eocene. The American Naturalist 16:833-834 |
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| Cope E. D. Some new forms from the Puerco Eocene, The American Naturalist 16, 833-834 |
| Cope E. D. Synopsis of the Vertebrata of the Puerco Eocene epoch. Supplement on a new Meniscotherium from the Wasatch epoch, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20, 461-471 |
| Scott W. B. A revision of the North American Creodonta with notes on some genera which have been referred to that group, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 44, 291-323 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Matthew W. D. (1937) Paleocene faunas of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 30, 1-510 |
| Simpson G. G. (1937) The Fort Union of the Crazy Mountain field, Montana and its mammalian faunas, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 169, 1-287 |
| Schiebout J. A. (1974) Vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology of Paleocene Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas, Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 24, 1-88 |
Mioclaenus opisthacus ✝
