Ectoganus

Ectoganus Temporal range: 57.8–50.5  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N late Paleocene to early Eocene
head of Ectoganus gliriformis (Robert Bruce Horsfall, 1913)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Taeniodonta
Family:	† Stylinodontidae
Subfamily:	† Stylinodontinae
Tribe:	† Ectoganini Cope, 1876 [1]
Genus:	† Ectoganus Cope, 1874 [2]
Type species
†Ectoganus gliriformis Cope, 1874
Species
†E. bighornensis(Schoch, 1981) [3] †E. copei(Schoch, 1981) †E. gliriformis(Cope, 1874) †E. lobdelli(Simpson, 1929) [4]
Synonyms [5]
synonyms of genus: Calamodon(Cope, 1874) Conicodon(Cope, 1894) [6] Dryptodon(Marsh, 1876) [7] Lampadophorus(Patterson, 1949) [8] synonyms of species: E. bighornensis: Ectoganus copei bighornensis(Schoch, 1981) E. copei: Ectoganus copei copei(Schoch, 1981) E. gliriformis: Calamodon arcamaenus(Cope, 1874) Calamodon arcamnaeus(Wortman, 1897) [9] Calamodon arcamoenus(Cope, 1874) Calamodon novomehicanus(Cope, 1874) Calamodon simplex(Cope, 1874) Conicodon simplex(Cope, 1894) Dryptodon crassus(Marsh, 1876) Ectoganus gliriformis gliriformis(Schoch, 1981) Ectoganus novomehicanus(Cope, 1877) [10] Ectoganus simplex(Guthrie, 1967) [11] E. lobdelli: Ectoganus gliriformis lobdelli(Schoch, 1981) Lampadophorus expectatus(Patterson, 1949) Lampadophorus lobdelli(Patterson, 1949) Psittacotherium lobdelli(Simpson, 1929)

Ectoganus ("outside brightness") ^[12] is an extinct genus of taeniodonts from tribe Ectoganini within subfamily Stylinodontinae and family Stylinodontidae, that lived in North America from late Paleocene to early Eocene. ^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}

Phylogeny

Placentalia	Atlantogenata Boreoeutheria † Palaeoryctida † Ambilestes † Procerberidae † Alveugena † Taeniodonta † Schowalteria † Conoryctidae † Onychodectidae † Stylinodontoidea † Stylinodontidae † Wortmaniinae † Stylinodontinae † Psittacotheriini † Stylinodontini †Ectoganini †Ectoganus †Ectoganus bighornensis †Ectoganus copei †Ectoganus gliriformis †Ectoganus lobdelli

References

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2. Cope, Edward D. (1874). "Notes on the Eocene and Pliocene Lacustrine Formations of New Mexico, Including Descriptions of Certain New Species of Vertebrates". Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1874. Appendix FF.
3. R. M. Schoch (1981.) "Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy of the Early Tertiary Taeniodonta (Mammalia: Eutheria)" The Geological Society of America Bulletin, Part 2, v. 92
4. G. G. Simpson (1929.) "Third contribution to the Fort Union fauna at Bear Creek, Montana." American Museum Novitates 345
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8. Patterson, B. (1949.) "A new genus of taeniodonts from the late Paleocene." Fieldiana, Geol., 10: 41-42.
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10. E. D. Cope (1877.) "Report upon the extinct Vertebrata obtained in New Mexico by parties of the expedition of 1874." Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, in charge of First Lieut. G.M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Vol. IV Paleontology, Part II, pp. 1-365. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
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13. Schoch, Robert M. (1986.) "Systematics, functional morphology and macroevolution of the extinct mammalian order Taeniodonta." Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, (42).
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15. S. G. Lucas, R. M. Schoch, and T. E. Williamson (1998.) "Taeniodonta". In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals", Cambridge University Press, 703 pages
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