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Aquiladelphis incus

Mammalia - Aquiladelphidae

Taxonomy
Aquiladelphis incus was named by Fox (1971). Its type specimen is UALVP 5522, a tooth (fragmentary LM3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-8), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Aquiladelphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Aquiladelphis incus Fox
1979Aquiladelphis incus Clemens p. 193
2004Aquiladelphis incus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 457
2007Aquiladelphis incus Davis p. 244

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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
superfamilyPediomyoideaSimpson 1927
familyAquiladelphidae
genusAquiladelphis
speciesincus

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.

†Aquiladelphis incus Fox 1971
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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: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Montana) Aquiladelphis incus (181582)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Aquiladelphis incus (14423 14425 type locality: 14426)