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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4829839	https://www.gbif.org/species/4829839
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42271	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42271

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Periptychidae : Conacodon

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ungulata : Periptychidae : Conacodon

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
order	Ungulata
-	Bulbulodentata	Archibald 1998
family	Periptychidae	Cope 1882
subfamily	Conacodontinae	Archibald et al. 1983
genus	Conacodon	Matthew 1897

Scientific Name

Conacodon Matthew, 1897

Name Published In

Bull. Amer. Mus., 9

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Conacodon	genus	belongs to Periptychidae	stated without evidence	Matthew, 1897
Conacodon	genus	belongs to Anisonchinae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Conacodon	genus	belongs to Conacodontinae	stated with evidence	Archibald et al., 1983
Conacodon	genus	belongs to Periptychidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Conacodon	genus	belongs to Conacodontinae	stated without evidence	Archibald, 1998
Conacodon	genus	belongs to Conacodontinae	stated with evidence	Middleton and Dewar, 2004
Conacodon	genus	belongs to Periptychidae	stated without evidence	McComas and Eberle, 2016
Conacodon	genus	belongs to Conacodontinae	stated with evidence	Halliday et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Periptychidae)

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
Anisonchus cophater ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Conacodon delphae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Conacodon harbourae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Conacodon kohlbergeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Conacodon matthewi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Conacodon Matthew
1902	Conacodon Hay p. 695
1983	Conacodon Archibald et al. p. 3
1988	Conacodon Carroll
1998	Conacodon Archibald p. 314
2003	Conacodon Eberle p. 156
2004	Conacodon Middleton and Dewar p. 75
2016	Conacodon McComas and Eberle
2017	Conacodon Halliday et al. p. 525

References

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

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Archibald J. D., Schoch R. M., et al (1983) A new subfamily, Conacodontinae, and new species, Conacodon kohlbergeri, of the Periptychidae (Condylarthra, Mammalia), Postilla 191, 1-24

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

Eberle J. J. (2003) Puercan mammalian systematics and biostratigraphy in the Denver Formation, Denver Basin, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Geology 38 1, 143-169

Middleton M. D., Dewar E. W. (2004) New mammals from the early Paleocene Littleton fauna (Denver Formation, Colorado), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 26, 59-80

McComas K. M., Eberle J. J. (2016) A new earliest Paleocene (Puercan) arctocyonid mammal from the Fort Union Formation, Great Divide Basin, Wyoming, and its phylogenetic position among early condylarths, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 6, 445-459 doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1066886

Halliday T. J. D., Upchurch P., et al (2017) Resolving the relationships of Paleocene placental mammals 92, 521-550 doi:10.1111/brv.12242

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

Bull. Amer. Mus., 9 - 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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