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Morganucodon

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

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by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2016-11-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Morganucodon Kuehne p. 349 fig. 1
1980Morganucodon Clemens p. 75
1988Morganucodon Carroll
2001Morganucodon Luo et al. pp. suppl. p. 7
2004Morganucodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 174 figs. 3.1F, 3.4C, 3.5B, 3.6B, 3.8B, 3.9C, 3.10C, 3.11F, 3.12B, 3.15, 3.16B, 3.17D, 3.18D, 3.19G, 4.4, 4.5
2012Morganucodon Bonaparte
2014Morganucodon Bi et al.
2016Morganucodon Butler and Sigogneau-Russel p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
orderMorganucodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyMorganucodontidae
genusMorganucodon

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.

G. †Morganucodon Kuehne 1949
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†Morganucodon oehleri Rigney 1963
†Morganucodon peyeri Clemens 1980
†Morganucodon tardus Butler and Sigogneau-Russel 2016
†Morganucodon watsoni Kuehne 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreg
Created: 2011-04-22 22:32:36
Modified: 2011-04-22 07:32:36
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2001, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Bathonian or 205.70000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Lorraine) M. sp. (92109)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Switzerland (Schaffhausen) Triconodonta indet., Triconodonta indet. (51235)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5China (Yunnan) M. oehleri (11805)
Early/Lower Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) M. sp. (46140)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) M. sp. (46118 46150) M. watsoni (45919 46137)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9China (Yunnan) Eozostrodon heikuopengensis (78993) M. oehleri (137007)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2USA (Arizona) M. sp. (27716)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) M. tardus (57124)