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Huerfanodon polecatensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Huerfanodon polecatensis was named by Schoch and Lucas (1981). Its type specimen is PU 14718, a mandible (right dentary fragment with P3-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rock Bench Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Huerfanodon polecatensis Schoch and Lucas

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Taeniodonta(Cope 1876)
—Conoryctidae(Wortman 1896)
genusHuerfanodon
speciespolecatensis

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.

†Huerfanodon polecatensis Schoch and Lucas 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:25:27
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:25:27
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.40000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Huerfanodon polecatensis (type locality: 14912)