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Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species

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type Locality. Fremont County, Wyoming,<br />

USA.<br />

comments. Mid- Eocene.<br />

†tribe eKgMoweChashalini szalay, 1976<br />

†Subfamily Ekgmowechashalinae Szalay, 1976:349.<br />

type genus. †Ekgmowechashala Macdonald,<br />

1963:171.<br />

comments. Late Oligocene, North America.<br />

Subfamily rank recognized by McKenna (1990:214).<br />

Taxon placed within the †family Plagiomenidae by Mc-<br />

Kenna (1990:214) <strong>and</strong> †Omomyidae by Szalay (1976:349)<br />

<strong>and</strong> Szalay <strong>and</strong> Lucas (1996:32). Tribe rank created by<br />

McKenna <strong>and</strong> Bell (1997:327).<br />

†Ekgmowechashala Macdonald, 1963<br />

†Ekgmowechashala Macdonald, 1963:171.<br />

type species. †Ekgmowechashala philotau<br />

Macdonald, 1963:171.<br />

comments. Early Miocene, North America.<br />

Genus placed within the †subfamily Ekgmowechashalinae<br />

by Szalay (1976:349), †tribe Ekgmowechashalini by<br />

McKenna <strong>and</strong> Bell (1997:327), <strong>and</strong> the †family Omomyidae<br />

by Macdonald (1963:171; 1970:24) <strong>and</strong> Gunnell <strong>and</strong><br />

Rose (2002:72).<br />

†Ekgmowechashala philotau<br />

Macdonald, 1963<br />

†Ekgmowechashala philotau Macdonald, 1963:171.<br />

type Locality. Wounded Knee, western<br />

South Dakota, USA.<br />

comments. Early Miocene.<br />

†faMily MixodeCtidae Cope, 1883<br />

†Family Mixodectidae Cope, 1883a:80.<br />

type genus. †Mixodectes Cope, 1883b:559.<br />

comments. The family was placed within<br />

Quadrumana by Cope (1889:876), order Menotyphla<br />

by Gregory (1910:465), †superfamily Mixodectoidea by<br />

Gunnell (1989:147), <strong>and</strong> Dermoptera by McKenna <strong>and</strong><br />

Bell (1997:327).<br />

†Family Oldobotidae Schlosser, 1907:222.<br />

type genus. †Olbodotes copei Osborn,<br />

1902:205.<br />

comments. Synonymized within the †family<br />

Mixodectidae by McKenna <strong>and</strong> Bell (1997:327).<br />

NUMBER 638 • 29<br />

†Superfamily Mixodectoidea Simpson, 1945:53.<br />

type genus. †Mixodectes Cope, 1883b:559.<br />

comments. Taxon placed within Insectivora by<br />

Simpson (1945:53) <strong>and</strong> Gunnell (1989:147) <strong>and</strong> within the<br />

†family Mixodectidae by McKenna <strong>and</strong> Bell (1997:327).<br />

†Suborder Mixodectomorpha Saban, 1954:429.<br />

comments. Early Paleocene, North America.<br />

In part. Placed in the Insectivora for the families †Mixodectidae<br />

<strong>and</strong> †Apatemyidae (See McKenna <strong>and</strong> Bell, 1997:327).<br />

†Mixodectes Cope, 1883<br />

†Mixodectes Cope, 1883b:559.<br />

type species. Mixodectes pungens Cope,<br />

1883b:559.<br />

comments. Early Paleocene, North America.<br />

Placed within the †family Mixodectidae by Cope (1883b:559),<br />

Gunnell (1989:56), <strong>and</strong> McKenna <strong>and</strong> Bell (1997:328).<br />

†Indrodon Cope, 1884:318.<br />

type species. †Indrodon malaris Cope, 1884:<br />

318.<br />

comments. Synonymized within †Mixodectes<br />

by Gunnell (1989:57) <strong>and</strong> McKenna <strong>and</strong> Bell (1997:328).<br />

†Olbodotes Osborn, 1902:205.<br />

type species. †Olbodotes copei Osborn, 1902:205.<br />

comments. Synonymized within †Mixodectes<br />

by Gunnell (1989:57) <strong>and</strong> McKenna <strong>and</strong> Bell (1997:328).<br />

†Mixodectes malaris (Cope, 1884)<br />

†Indrodon malaris Cope, 1884:318.<br />

type Locality. Nacimiento Formation, San<br />

Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA.<br />

comments. Eocene.<br />

†Oxyacodon tecumsae Van Valen, 1978:65.<br />

type Locality. San Juan Basin Torrejonian,<br />

New Mexico, USA.<br />

comments. Early Paleocene. Synonymized<br />

within †malaris by Archibald et al. (1983:53) <strong>and</strong> Lucas<br />

(1986:39).<br />

†Mixodectes pungens Cope, 1883<br />

†Mixodectes pungens Cope, 1883b:559.<br />

type Locality. Torrejonian Formation, San<br />

Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA.<br />

comments. Early Paleocene.

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