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Eleutherodon

Mammalia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Eleutherodon Kermack et al. pp. 586-587
2000Eleutherodon Butler
2004Eleutherodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 258 fig. 8.1D
2005Eleutherodon Butler and Hooker p. 186
2014Eleutherodon Bi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Allotheria()
Euharamiyida
genusEleutherodon

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.

G. †Eleutherodon Kermack et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. A. Kermack et al. 1998(based on the holotype only).- Upper tooth, probably mammalian, with three longitudinal rows of cusps, between which are two fluted basins. One basin contains the largest and deepest wear facet of the tooth. This basin is open at one end, where the largest cusp of the tooth occurs at the end of the marginal row. Between the other two rows of cusps is a smaller wear facet, which passes up on to the largest cusp. A third wea.r facet is detectable on the lateral edge of the tooth, on the same side as the large cusp. The roots are lost in the type specimen, but some of the referred specimens show divided, or partly divided roots.