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Corviconodon montanensis

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Taxonomy
Corviconodon montanensis was named by Cifelli et al. (1998). Its type specimen is OMNH 33457, a mandible (part of right mandible with distal root of last premolar (p4?), mesial root and distal half of m1, m2-3, roots of m5, and m5 in early eruption), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cloverly (OMNH V920), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Cloverly Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Corviconodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Corviconodon montanensis Cifelli et al. p. 237
2004Corviconodon montanensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyTriconodontidaeMarsh 1887
subfamilyAlticonodontinaeFox 1976
genusCorviconodon
speciesmontanensis

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.

†Corviconodon montanensis Cifelli et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 110.10000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian110.1 - 93.9USA (Montana) Corviconodon montanensis (type locality: 14381)