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Ambondro mahabo

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Ambondro mahabo was named by Flynn et al. (1999). Its type specimen is UA-10602, a mandible (mandibular fragment with three teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ambondromahabo, M-8, which is in a Bathonian terrestrial horizon in the Isalo IIIb Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Ambondro.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Ambondro mahabo Flynn et al. p. 58
2004Ambondro mahabo Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
AustralosphenidaLuo et al. 2001
genusAmbondro
speciesmahabo

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.

Ambondro mahabo Flynn et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bathonian or 168.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Madagascar (Mahajunga) Ambondro mahabo (type locality: 92151)