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Euhookeria hopwoodi

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Paroxyclaenidae

Taxonomy
Dyspterna hopwoodi was named by Cray (1973). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Headon Hill Lignite Bed, Isle of Wight, which is in the Eocene of claystone/lignite the Upper Headon Beds Formation the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Euhookeria.

It was recombined as Euhookeria hopwoodi by Russell and Godinot (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Dyspterna hopwoodi Cray
1988Euhookeria hopwoodi Russell and Godinot

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyParoxyclaenidaeWeitzel
subfamilyMerialinae
genusEuhookeria
specieshopwoodi(Cray 1973)

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.

Euhookeria hopwoodi Cray 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dyspterna hopwoodi (type locality: 40030)