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Aegialodon dawsoni

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Aegialodon dawsoni was named by Kermack et al. (1965). Its type specimen is BMNH M23345, a tooth (left lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cliff End bonebed [Fairlight Cliffs, near Hastings], which is in a Valanginian estuary/bay conglomerate in the Wadhurst Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Aegialodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Aegialodon dawsoni Kermack et al. p. 539 figs. 1, 3-4, 7-11
1971Aegialodon dawsoni Clemens and Lees p. 128
1979Aegialodon dawsoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 183
2004Aegialodon dawsoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 417

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
genusAegialodon
speciesdawsoni

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.

†Aegialodon dawsoni Kermack et al. 1965
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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: insectivoreg
Created: 2005-09-07 09:53:59
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:53:59
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Aegialodon dawsoni (type locality: 102993)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Theria indet. (119006)