Geolabididae

Extinct family of mammals

Geolabididae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Eulipotyphla
Family:
Geolabididae

McKenna 1960
Genera

Batodon
Batodonoides
Centetodon
Marsholestes
Stilpnodon

Synonyms

Geolabidinae

Geolabididae is an extinct family of prehistoric mammals belonging to the order Eulipotyphla.

Taxonomy

  • Batodon (Sometimes placed in Cimolestidae)
    • Batodon tenuis Marsh, 1892 - Upper Cretaceous Campanian to Maastrichtian, Canada and United States.
  • Batodonoides - Lower Eocene (Wasatchian) to Mid Eocene (Uintan) - North America
  • Gobigeolabis Lopatin, 2004
    • Gobigeolabis verigranum Lopatin, 2004 - Upper Paleocene, Mongolia
  • Centetodon Marsh, 1872 (incl. Geolabis) - Lower Eocene to Early Miocene
    • Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981
    • Centetodon bembicophagus Lillegraven et al. 1981
    • Centetodon bacchanalis (McGrew, 1959)
    • Centetodon chadronensis Lillegraven et al., 1981 -. Mid Eocene (Duchesnean) to Oligocene (Orellan)
    • Centetodon divaricatus Korth, 1992 - Upper Oligocene, North America
  • Marsholestes - Middle Eocene, (Bridgerian)
    • Marsholestes dasypelix Matthew 1909
  • Stilpnodon Simpson 1935

References

  • Taxonomic occurrences of Geolabididae recorded in the Paleobiology Database
  • Lopatin, A. V. (2006). "Early Paleogene insectivore mammals of Asia and establishment of the major groups of Insectivora". Paleontological Journal. 40 (S3): S205–S405. doi:10.1134/S0031030106090012.
  • Thomas S. Kelly (2010). "New records of Marsupialia, Lipotyphla, and Primates from the Duchesnean (middle Eocene) Simi Valley Landfill local fauna, Sespe Formation, California" (PDF). Paludicola. 7 (4): 158–169. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
Taxon identifiers
Geolabididae
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