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Zionodon satanus

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Taxonomy
Zionodon satanus was named by Dunn and Rasmussen (2009). Its type specimen is CM 71139, a partial skeleton (right and left dentaries and associated postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is WU-72, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Zionodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Zionodon satanus Dunn and Rasmussen p. 324

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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()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyAmphilemuridaeHill 1953
genusZionodon
speciessatanus

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.

†Zionodon satanus Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2010-01-02 11:27:47
Modified: 2010-01-02 13:27:47
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Dunn and Rasmussen 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Early/Lower Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Zionodon satanus (type locality: 93089)