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Tendagurutherium dietrichi

Mammalia - Peramura - Peramuridae

Taxonomy
Tendagurutherium dietrichi was named by Heinrich (1998). Its type specimen is MB.Ma.46910, a maxilla (fragment of a right dentary with the last molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry Ig, Kindope, which is in a Kimmeridgian channel lag siltstone in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Tendagurutherium dietrichi Heinrich pp. 274-280 figs. 3-7
2004Tendagurutherium dietrichi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 404

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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
orderPeramura()
familyPeramuridaeKretzoi 1946
genusTendagurutherium
speciesdietrichi

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.

†Tendagurutherium dietrichi Heinrich 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. -D. Heinrich 1998Dentary with short angular process, projecting backward and downward, and directed slightly medially. Below the condylar process there is a distinct subcondylar groove with a central deepening. Lingual side of the dentary with internal (Meckelian) groove and coronoid bone. Dental foramen large, oval, and positioned far back. Trigonid of ultimate molar high, compressed anteroposteriorly, with three principal cusps and two anterior basal cusps. Trigonid dominated by protoconid; paraconid similar or equal in height to metaconid. Metaconid placed farther lingually than paraconid; protoconid slightly anterior to metaconid
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Tanzania (Lindi) Tendagurutherium dietrichi (type locality: 47146)