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Turkodimylus sondaari

Mammalia - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Turkodimylus sondaari was named by van den Hoek Ostende (1995). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Ke 6691, a tooth. Its type locality is Keseköy, which is in a MN 3 lacustrine claystone/coal in Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Turkodimylus sondaari van den Hoek Ostende p. 33 figs. Pl. 2 ,fig. 9

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
familyDimylidaeSchlosser 1887
genusTurkodimylus
speciessondaari

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.

Turkodimylus sondaari van den Hoek Ostende 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. W. van den Hoek Ostende 1995T. sondaari is a large species of Turkodimylus. The mesostyle on both the M1 and M2 is clearly divided to widely spaced. The M1 lacks the parastyle. The hypocone of the M2 is almost fused with the metacone.
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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: MN 3 or 20.00000 to 16.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 320.0 - 16.9Turkey (Ankara) Turkodimylus sondaari (type locality: 64373)