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Enneodon echinus

Mammalia - Pantotheria - Dicrocynodontidae

Taxonomy
Enneodon echinus was named by Heckel (1853).

It was recombined as Heptadiodon echinus by Heckel (1854), Tyler and Santini (2002), Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Enneodon echinus Heckel
1854Heptadiodon echinus Heckel
2002Heptadiodon echinus Tyler and Santini p. 105
2014Heptadiodon echinus Bannikov p. 30
2014Heptadiodon echinus Carnevale et al. p. 45

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
orderPantotheria
familyDicrocynodontidaeMarsh
genusEnneodonMarsh
speciesechinusHeckel 1853

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.

Enneodon echinus Heckel 1853
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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: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:41:56
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:22:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973
Collections
No collection or age range data are available