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Peraiocynodon inexpectatus

Docodonta - Docodontidae

Taxonomy
Peraiocynodon inexpectatus was named by Simpson (1928). Its type specimen is BMNH 48348, a mandible (partial left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Peraiocynodon inexpectatus Simpson
1979Peraiocynodon inexpectatus Kron p. 91
2003Peraiocynodon inexpectatus Sigogneau-Russell p. 359

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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
familyDocodontidae
genusPeraiocynodon
speciesinexpectatus

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
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, Kiessling 2004, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 141.00000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Peraiocynodon inexpectatus (type locality: 72142)