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Morganucodon tardus

Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Taxonomy
Morganucodon tardus was named by Butler and Sigogneau-Russel (2016). Its type specimen is NHM M34984, a tooth (right upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Watton Cliff (West Cliff), Dorset, which is in a Bathonian crevasse splay mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Morganucodon tardus Butler and Sigogneau-Russel p. 38 figs. Fig. 1A

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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
orderMorganucodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyMorganucodontidae
genusMorganucodon
speciestardus

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.

†Morganucodon tardus Butler and Sigogneau-Russel 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available