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Dicothodon bajaensis

Osteichthyes - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy
Polyglyphanodon bajaensis was named by Nydam (1999). Its type specimen is IGM 6965, a tooth (posterior tooth), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is El Rosario, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the El Gallo Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Dicothodon bajaensis by Nydam et al. (2007), Reynoso and Cruz (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Polyglyphanodon bajaensis Nydam p. 307
2007Dicothodon bajaensis Nydam et al. p. 542
2014Dicothodon bajaensis Reynoso and Cruz p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Scincomorpha()
—PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
—Polyglyphanodontini
genusDicothodon
speciesbajaensis()

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.

†Dicothodon bajaensis Nydam 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-04 09:45:12
Modified: 2009-01-04 11:45:12
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Evans and Manabe 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Baja California) Dicothodon bajaensis (195102 195103 195104 195105 197021) Polyglyphanodon bajaensis (type locality: 14456 231484)