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Pterodon dasyuroides

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Pterodon dasyuroides was named by Blainville (1839). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pterodon dasyuroides Blainville
1996Pterodon dasyuroides Polly

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyainailouroidea
—HyainailouridaeSolé et al. 2015
—Hyainailourinae(Pilgrim 1932)
genusPterodonBlainville 1839
speciesdasyuroides

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.

†Pterodon dasyuroides Blainville 1839
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Rupelian or 37.20000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Pterodon dasyuroides (31747)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Pterodon dasyuroides (41652)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1United Kingdom (England) Pterodon dasyuroides (184763)