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Pliodolops kamektsen

Mammalia - Polydolopidae

Taxonomy
Polydolops kamektsen was named by Simpson (1935). Its type specimen is AMNH. 28525, a mandible (part of right lower jaw with M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cañadón Hondo, Kibenikhoria Faunal Zone, which is in a Riochican alluvial fan sandstone in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Pliodolops kamektsen by Chornogubsky (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Polydolops kamektsen Simpson p. 5
1948Polydolops kamektsen Simpson
1982Polydolops kamektsen Marshall
2020Pliodolops kamektsen Chornogubsky

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
familyPolydolopidae
genusPliodolops
specieskamektsen()

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.

†Pliodolops kamektsen Simpson 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Riochican or 56.00000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Riochican57.0 - 55.8Argentina (Chubut) Polydolops kamektsen (type locality: 14205)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Argentina (Chubut) Pliodolops kamektsen (231392)