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Batodonoides walshi

Mammalia - Geolabididae

Taxonomy
Batodonoides walshi was named by Kelly (2010). Its type specimen is LACM 153709, a tooth (lower m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Simi Valley Landfill, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Batodonoides walshi Kelly p. 160 fig. 2

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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
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familyGeolabididaeMcKenna 1960
genusBatodonoides
specieswalshi

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.

†Batodonoides walshi Kelly 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. S. Kelly 2010Differs from Batodonoides powayensis Novacek, 1976, and B. vanhouteni Bloch et al., 1998, by a distinctive talonid morphology including the following: 1) relatively much narrower and more anteroposteriorly orientated m2-3 talonid basins; 2) single, tall talonid cusp (hypoconulid or labially displaced hypoconid) positioned at posterior most point of talonid basin; and 3) lacking a notch at the posterior aspect of talonid. Further differs from B. powayensis by having the m3 paraconid slightly taller relative to the protoconid height. Further differs from B. vanouteni by having the following: 1) P4 with distinct, small protoconule and incipient metaconule present; 2) m2 metaconid slightly taller relative to protoconid height; and 3) larger size.
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Duchesnean or 39.70000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) Batodonoides walshi (type locality: 16813)