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Durlstotherium

Mammalia

Taxonomy

Species
D. newmani (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Durlstotherium Sweetman et al.

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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()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
genusDurlstotherium

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. †Durlstotherium Sweetman et al. 2017
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Durlstotherium newmani Sweetman et al. 2017
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. C. Sweetman et al. 2017Monotypic tribosphenic mammal with a unique combination of derived dental characters. Differs from stem therians including Juramaia and Acristotherium, from the Oxfordian and Barremian of China respectively, but resembles Late Cretaceous eutherians, particularly asioryctitheres, cimolestids, and gypsonictopsids in: height and expansion of the protocone relative to labial cusps; possession of conules placed labially immediately adjacent to the paracone and metacone with sharp internal cristae and distance between conules as a percentage of total tooth length >31% <50% (44%) (Luo et al. 2003, 2011). Differs from Prokennalestes from the Aptian–Albian of Mongolia in the presence of a pre- and postcingulum. Resembles Gypsonictops from the Late Cretaceous of North America in the presence of strong cingulae but differs from it in lack of a hypocone. Also differs from it in having a more connate paracone. Resembles members of Asioryctidae in the presence of a transversely elongate crown but dif- fers from them in presence of strongly developed cingulae. Also differs from Asioryctes from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia in presence of a metaconule. Resembles members of Kennalestidae in the presence of cingulae but differs from them in the presence of a preparastyle. Resembles members of Cimolestidae, which possess anteroposteriorly short and transversely broad upper molars with an anteroposteriorly compresed protocone and a paracone that is much taller than the metacone, but differs in the presence of a pre- and postcingulum which are either weak or lacking in members of Cimolestidae.
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) D. newmani (72142)