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IRMNG name detailsPantodonta †
10128 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:10128)
Cope, 1873
unaccepted (currently accepted as suborder)
Order
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Generally treated as a suborder of Cimolesta, although e.g. Muizon et al., 2015 treat as an order. From Wikipedia, May...
Taxonomic remark Generally treated as a suborder of Cimolesta, although e.g. Muizon et al., 2015 treat as an order. From Wikipedia, May 2022: The pantodonts were previously grouped with the ungulates as amblypods, paenungulates, or arctocyonids, but since McKenna & Bell 1997 they have been allied with the tillodonts and considered to be derived from the cimolestids. The interrelationship within Pantodonta is controversial,[2] but, following McKenna & Bell 1997, it contains about two dozen genera in ten families. Most of the families are known from the Paleocene of either Asia or North America. The pantolambdodontids and coryphodontids survived into the Eocene and the latter are known from across the northern hemisphere. Some dental features can possibly link the most primitive pantodonts to the palaeoryctids, a group of small and insectivorous mammals that evolved during the Cretaceous. Recently a close relationship with Periptychidae has been suggested. [Halliday, Thomas J.D.; Upchurch, Paul; Goswami, Anjali (February 2017). "Resolving the relationships of Paleocene placental mammals" (PDF). Biological Reviews. 92 (1): 521–550] This would make pantodonts crown-group ungulate placentals and not related to cimolestids at all. [details]
IRMNG (2022). Pantodonta †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10128 on 2024-09-09
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Muizon, C. D.; Billet, G.; Argot, C.; Ladevèze, S.; Goussard, F. (2015). Alcidedorbignya inopinata, a basal pantodont (Placentalia, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia: anatomy, phylogeny and palaeobiology. <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 37(4): 397-634., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/g2015n4a1
note: alternative taxonomic treatment (as accepted order) [details] source of synonymy McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. [details] taxonomy source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. [details] name verified source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. note: as suborder [details] extant flag source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. [details] From other sources
Taxonomic remark Generally treated as a suborder of Cimolesta, although e.g. Muizon et al., 2015 treat as an order. From Wikipedia, May 2022: The pantodonts were previously grouped with the ungulates as amblypods, paenungulates, or arctocyonids, but since McKenna & Bell 1997 they have been allied with the tillodonts and considered to be derived from the cimolestids. The interrelationship within Pantodonta is controversial,[2] but, following McKenna & Bell 1997, it contains about two dozen genera in ten families. Most of the families are known from the Paleocene of either Asia or North America. The pantolambdodontids and coryphodontids survived into the Eocene and the latter are known from across the northern hemisphere. Some dental features can possibly link the most primitive pantodonts to the palaeoryctids, a group of small and insectivorous mammals that evolved during the Cretaceous. Recently a close relationship with Periptychidae has been suggested. [Halliday, Thomas J.D.; Upchurch, Paul; Goswami, Anjali (February 2017). "Resolving the relationships of Paleocene placental mammals" (PDF). Biological Reviews. 92 (1): 521–550] This would make pantodonts crown-group ungulate placentals and not related to cimolestids at all. [details]
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