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Arctotraversodon plemmyridon

Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Scalenodontoides plemmyridon was named by Hopson (1984). Its type specimen is YPM-PU 19190, a mandible (Right dentary and attached fragment of left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2.4 km northwest of Noel, which is in a Carnian fluvial sandstone in the Wolfville Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Arctotraversodon plemmyridon by Sues et al. (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Scalenodontoides plemmyridon Hopson p. 188 figs. 4-10
1992Arctotraversodon plemmyridon Sues et al.

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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()
Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
genusArctotraversodon
speciesplemmyridon(Hopson 1984)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Scalenodontoides plemmyridon (89088) Traversodontidae indet. (type locality: 89080)