Parectypodus

Parectypodus is an extinct genus of mammals that lived from Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to Eocene time in North America. It is a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata, suborder Cimolodonta, family Neoplagiaulacidae. It was named by G.L. Jepsen in 1930.

Parectypodus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
NeoplagiaulacidaePBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Neoplagiaulacidae
Life habit
arborealPBDB, for Ptilodontoidea
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Mammalia

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 66 Mya to 56 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 72.2 Mya to 51.1 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 1 of 59 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 31 of 59 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 27 of 59 occurrencesEocene73–72 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences72–71 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences71–70 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences70–70 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences70–69 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences69–68 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences68–68 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences68–67 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences67–66 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences66–65 Mya — about 2 occurrences65–65 Mya — about 2 occurrences65–64 Mya — about 2 occurrences64–63 Mya — about 3 occurrences63–62 Mya — about 5 occurrences62–62 Mya — about 5 occurrences62–61 Mya — about 5 occurrences61–60 Mya — about 2 occurrences60–59 Mya — about 2 occurrences59–59 Mya — about 2 occurrences59–58 Mya — about 2 occurrences58–57 Mya — about 1 occurrence57–56 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences56–56 Mya — about 2 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 4 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 4 occurrences54–54 Mya — about 4 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 4 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 4 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 4 occurrences51–51 Mya — about 1 occurrence66 Mya56 Mya72.7 Mya50.6 Mya

59 occurrences of Parectypodus on record, most of them in the Paleocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

59 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

20 formations

Willwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.78°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 41.30°N, 107.74°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 45.80°N, 109.80°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 101.50°WFort Union — 43.45°N, 109.16°WFort Union — 41.75°N, 109.04°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WWasatch — 40.60°N, 108.10°WPaskapoo — 51.18°N, 114.43°WPaskapoo — 51.00°N, 114.10°WRavenscrag — 49.50°N, 109.20°WRavenscrag — 49.70°N, 110.10°WNacimiento — 36.30°N, 108.20°WNacimiento — 36.57°N, 107.97°W"Fort Union" (= Lebo) — 46.20°N, 109.90°W"Fort Union" (= Lebo) — 45.80°N, 109.80°WBlack Peaks — 29.42°N, 103.10°WBlack Peaks — 29.20°N, 103.20°WFrenchman — 49.30°N, 108.40°WTullock — 47.80°N, 106.10°WBear — 46.20°N, 109.90°WCoalspur — 53.00°N, 116.80°WNorth Horn — 39.18°N, 111.27°WHanna — 41.80°N, 107.00°WSlope — 46.70°N, 101.80°WWind River — 44.00°N, 106.60°WGolden Valley — 46.90°N, 102.80°W"Wasatch" — 44.00°N, 106.60°WIndian Meadows — 43.20°N, 108.20°WPorcupine Hills — 51.10°N, 114.28°W

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The named rock units Parectypodus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Parectypodus and its relatives

Paleocene

Where Parectypodus and its relatives were recorded in the Paleocene.

Found in the same rock

702 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 53 sites for Parectypodus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

25 references

Each of the 59 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 13 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Parectypodus

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Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Jepsen 1930