Stylinodontidae ("teeth with pilar-like fibers") is an extinct family of mammals from extinct superfamily Stylinodontoidea[4] within extinct order Taeniodonta, that lived in North America from the early Paleocene to middle Eocene.[5][6][7]

Stylinodontidae
Temporal range: 64.7–39.7 Ma Early Paleocene - Middle Eocene
species from family Stylinodontidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Eutheria
Infraclass: Placentalia (?)
Order: Taeniodonta
Superfamily: Stylinodontoidea
Marsh, 1875
Family: Stylinodontidae
Marsh, 1875[1]
Type genus
Stylinodon
Marsh, 1874
Subfamilies
Synonyms
synonyms of family:
  • Calamodontidae (Cope, 1876)
  • Ectoganidae (Cope, 1876)
  • Hemiganidae (Cope, 1888)
  • Stylinodontinae (Schlosser, 1911)[2]
  • Stylinodontini (Winge, 1917)[3]

Taxonomy and phylogeny

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Taxonomy

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  • Superfamily:†Stylinodontoidea (Marsh, 1875)
    • Family: †Stylinodontidae (Marsh, 1875)
      • Subfamily: †Stylinodontinae (Marsh, 1875)
        • Tribe: †Ectoganini (Cope, 1876)
          • Genus: †Ectoganus (Cope, 1874)
            • Ectoganus bighornensis (Schoch, 1981)
            • Ectoganus copei (Schoch, 1981)
            • Ectoganus gliriformis (Cope, 1874)
            • Ectoganus lobdelli (Simpson, 1929)
        • Tribe: †Psittacotheriini (Schoch, 1982)
          • Genus: †Psittacotherium (Cope, 1882)
            • Psittacotherium multifragum (Cope, 1882)
        • Tribe: †Stylinodontini (Marsh, 1875)
          • Genus: †Stylinodon (Marsh, 1874)
            • Stylinodon mirus (Marsh, 1874)
      • Subfamily: †Wortmaniinae (Schoch, 1982)
        • Genus: †Wortmania (Hay, 1899)
          • Wortmania otariidens (Cope 1885)

Phylogeny

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 Placentalia 

Atlantogenata  

Boreoeutheria  

Palaeoryctida

Ambilestes

Procerberidae

Alveugena

 †Taeniodonta 

Schowalteria

 †Stylinodontoidea 
 †Stylinodontidae 
 †Wortmaniinae 
 †Wortmania 

Wortmania otariidens  

 †Stylinodontinae 
 †Psittacotheriini 
 †Psittacotherium 

Psittacotherium multifragum  

 †Stylinodontini 
 †Stylinodon 

Stylinodon mirus  

 †Ectoganini 
 †Ectoganus 

Ectoganus bighornensis

Ectoganus copei

Ectoganus gliriformis

Ectoganus lobdelli

References

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  1. ^ Marsh, O. C. (1875.) "New Order of Eocene Mammals." American Journal of Science 9:221
  2. ^ Schlosser M. (1911.) "Mammalia", p. 325-585; In: F. Broili, E. Koken and M. Schlosser [eds.] "Grundzuge der Paläontologie (Paläozoologie) von Karl A. von Zittel". Druck und Verlag, von R. Oldenbourg, München and Berlin, vol. 2.
  3. ^ Winge H. (1917.) "Udsigt over Insektaedernes indbyrdes Slaeggtskab." Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i København, 68: 82-203.
  4. ^ Turnbull, W. D. (2004). "Taeniodonta of the Washakie Formation, southwestern Wyoming". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 36. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History: 303–333. doi:10.2992/0145-9058(2004)36[303:TOTWFS]2.0.CO;2.
  5. ^ Cox, Barry; Savage, R.J.G.; Gardiner, Brian; Dixon, Dougal (1988). "Early rooters and browsers". Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. Macmillan London Limited. ISBN 978-0-333-48699-3.
  6. ^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  7. ^ Williamson, T. E.; Brusatte, S. L. (2013). Viriot, Laurent (ed.). "New Specimens of the Rare Taeniodont Wortmania (Mammalia: Eutheria) from the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Comments on the Phylogeny and Functional Morphology of "Archaic" Mammals". PLOS ONE. 8 (9): e75886. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...875886W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075886. PMC 3786969. PMID 24098738.