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Meniscodon picteti

Osteichthyes - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Meniscodon picteti was named by Rutimeyer (1891). Its type specimen is NMB EG 513, a tooth (M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Egerkingen, Huppersand fissure, which is in a Bartonian fissure fill horizon in Switzerland. It is the type species of Meniscodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Meniscodon picteti Rutimeyer
2007Meniscodon picteti Theodor et al. p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyDichobunidaeGill 1872
subfamilyDichobuninaeTurner 1849
genusMeniscodonRütimeyer 1888
speciespictetiRutimeyer 1891

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Meniscodon picteti Rutimeyer 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 06:18:28
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:18:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Blondel 1996

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Meniscodon picteti (type locality: 31718)