Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Apistodon : Pediomys exiguus |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Apistodon : Pediomys exiguus |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Pediomys |
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Scientific Name | Pediomys exiguus (Fox, 1971) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Apistodon exiguus | species | belongs to Pediomys | stated without evidence | Fox, 1971 | Apistodon exiguus | species | belongs to Apistodon | stated with evidence | Davis, 2007 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Mammalia) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | omnivore (based on Marsupialia) |
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Reproduction | viviparous (based on Theria) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. C. Fox. 1971. Marsupial mammals from the early Campanian Milk River Formation, Alberta, Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(suppl. 1):145-164 |
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Fox R. C. (1971) Marsupial mammals from the early Campanian Milk River Formation, Alberta, Canada, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50 suppl. 1, 145-164 |
Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630 |
Davis B. M. (2007) A revision of “pediomyid” marsupials from the Late Cretaceous of North America, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 2, 217-256 |