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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4826475	https://www.gbif.org/species/4826475
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40339	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40339

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Adunator

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Macroscelidea : Adunator

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
genus	Adunator	Russell 1964

Scientific Name

Adunator Russell, 1964

Name Published In

Mém. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris (N. S.) (C) 13

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Adunator	genus	belongs to Erinaceomorpha	stated without evidence	Russell, 1964
Adunator	genus	belongs to Adapisoricinae	stated without evidence	Van Valen, 1967
Adunator	genus	belongs to Erinaceomorpha	stated with evidence	Novacek et al., 1985
Adunator	genus	belongs to Erinaceomorpha	implied	Carroll, 1988
Adunator	genus	belongs to Macroscelidea	stated with evidence	Hooker and Russell, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Macroscelidea)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Adunator abditus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Adunator amplus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	63.3 Ma Paleocene	63.3 Ma Paleocene
Adunator lehmani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diacocherus dockeryi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Diacocherus meizon ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Diacodon minutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	21	61.7 Ma Paleocene	56.8 Ma Paleocene
Leptacodon ladae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	63.3 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Mckennatherium fredericki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	63.3 Ma Paleocene	63.3 Ma Paleocene
Mckennatherium martinezi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	63.3 Ma Paleocene	63.3 Ma Paleocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Mckennatherium Van Valen, 1965	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : *Mckennatherium*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1964	Adunator Russell
1965	Mckennatherium Van Valen
1965	Mckennatherium Van Valen and Sloan p. 743
1967	Adunator Van Valen
1967	Mckennatherium Van Valen
1976	Mckennatherium Krishtalka
1983	Diacocherus Gingerich

Year	Name and Author
1985	Adunator Novacek et al. p. 17
1985	Diacocherus Novacek et al. p. 17
1985	Mckennatherium Novacek et al. p. 17
1988	Adunator Carroll
1988	Diacocherus Carroll
1988	Mckennatherium Carroll
2012	Adunator Hooker and Russell

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Van Valen L. (1965) Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia), Palaeontology 8 4, 638-665

Van Valen L. M., Sloan R. E. (1965) The earliest primates, Science 150 3697, 743-745

Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284

Krishtalka L. (1976) North American Nyctitheriidae (Mammalia, Insectivora), Annals of Carnegie Museum 46 2, 7-28

Gingerich P. D. (1983) New Adapisoricidae, Pentacodontidae, and Hyopsodontidae (Mammalia, Insectivora and Condylarthra) from the late Paleocene ofWyoming and Colorado, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26 11, 227-255

Novacek M. J., Bown T. M., et al (1985) On the classification of early Tertiary Erinaceomorpha (Insectivora, Mammalia), American Museum Novitates 2813, 1-22

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

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

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

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris (N. S.) (C) 13 - 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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