Stylinodontidae Explained

Stylinodontidae ("teeth with pilar-like fibers") is an extinct family of mammals from extinct superfamily Stylinodontoidea^[1] within extinct order Taeniodonta, that lived in North America from the early Paleocene to middle Eocene.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Taxonomy and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Superfamily:†Stylinodontoidea
  • Family: †Stylinodontidae
    • Subfamily: †Stylinodontinae
      • Tribe: †Ectoganini
        • Genus: †Ectoganus
          • †Ectoganus bighornensis
          • †Ectoganus copei
          • †Ectoganus gliriformis
          • †Ectoganus lobdelli
      • Tribe: †Psittacotheriini
        • Genus: †Psittacotherium
          • †Psittacotherium multifragum
      • Tribe: †Stylinodontini
        • Genus: †Stylinodon
          • †Stylinodon mirus
    • Subfamily: †Wortmaniinae
      • Genus: †Wortmania
        • †Wortmania otariidens

Phylogeny

Notes and References

1. Turnbull . W. D. . https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-carnegie-museum-of-natural-history/volume-2004/issue-36/0145-9058_2004_36_303_TOTWFS_2.0.CO_2/TAENIODONTA-OF-THE-WASHAKIE-FORMATION-SOUTHWESTERN-WYOMING/10.2992/0145-9058(2004)36[303:TOTWFS2.0.CO;2.short Taeniodonta of the Washakie Formation, southwestern Wyoming ]. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History . 2004 . 36 . 303–333 . Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History . 10.2992/0145-9058(2004)36[303:TOTWFS]2.0.CO;2 .
2. Book: Cox . Barry . Savage . R.J.G. . Gardiner . Brian . Dixon . Dougal . Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals . Early rooters and browsers . 1988 . Macmillan London Limited . 978-0-333-48699-3.
3. Book: McKenna . Malcolm C. . Bell . Susan K. . Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level . 16 March 2015 . 1997 . Columbia University Press . New York . 978-0-231-11012-9.
4. Williamson . T. E. . Brusatte . S. L. . Viriot . Laurent . 10.1371/journal.pone.0075886 . 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 . 2013 . 24098738 . 3786969 . 2013PLoSO...875886W . free.