Baiotomeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ptilodontoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Subclassis: †Allotheria Ordo: †Multituberculata Subordo: †Cimolodonta Superfamilia: Ptilodontoidea

Familia: †Ptilodontidae
Genus: †Baiotomeus
Species: †B. douglassi – †B.  lamberti – †B. rhothonion – †B. russelli

Name

Baiotomeus Krause, 1987: 596

Type species: Ptilodus douglassi Simpson, 1935 [Krause, 1987: 596]

Etymology: "Greek baios (little, small) and Greek tomeus (cutter, knife), in reference to the small, blade-like P₄" [Krause, 1987: 598]

References

Primary references

• Krause, D.W. 1987. Baiotomeus, a new ptilodontid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the middle Paleocene of western North America. Journal of Paleontology 61(3): 595–603. DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000028766 JSTOR Reference page.