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Menadon besairiei

Osteichthyes - Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Menadon besairiei was named by Flynn et al. (2000). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 10601, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Sakaraha, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Isalo II Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Menadon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Menadon besairiei Flynn et al.
2008Menadon besairiei Kammerer et al. p. 446
2015Menadon besairiei Melo et al.

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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
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
genusMenadon
speciesbesairiei

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.

Menadon besairiei Flynn et al. 2000
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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: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Madagascar (Toliara) Menadon besairiei (96281 96282 type locality: 96283)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Menadon sp. (98598)