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Afrodon ivani

Osteichthyes - Adapisoriculidae

Taxonomy
Afrodon ivani was named by López-Martínez and Peláez-Campomanes (1999) [authorship restricted to Peláez-Campomanes]. Its type specimen is DPUCM TEN-1, a tooth (M2 sup. dext.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Tendruy, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Afrodon ivani López-Martínez and Peláez-Campomanes p. 688 figs. Pl. 3 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
familyAdapisoriculidaeVan Valen 1967
genusAfrodon
speciesivani

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.

†Afrodon ivani López-Martínez and Peláez-Campomanes 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Spain (Cataluña) Afrodon ivani (79305 type locality: 79306)