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Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis

Docodonta - Tegotheriidae

Taxonomy
Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis was named by Sigogneau-Russell (2003). Its type specimen is BMNH J.526, a tooth (right lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kirtlington 3p (Mammal Bed), which is in a Bathonian mire/swamp marl in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Krusatodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis Sigogneau-Russell pp. 358-359 figs. 3A-B

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
orderDocodontaKretzoi 1946
familyTegotheriidaeTatarinov 1994
genusKrusatodon
specieskirtlingtonensis

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.

†Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis Sigogneau-Russell 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis (type locality: 39075)