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Betonnia tsosia

Osteichthyes - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Betonnia tsosia was named by Williamson et al. (2011). Its type specimen is AMNH 59852, a tooth (partial right [upper] M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammalon Hill, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Betonnia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Betonnia tsosia Williamson et al. p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusBetonnia
speciestsosia

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.

Betonnia tsosia Williamson et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 09:41:44
Modified: 2005-09-10 19:53:58
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pu366.0 - 63.4USA (Montana) Betonnia tsosia (14738 183113)
Pu366.0 - 63.4USA (New Mexico) Cimolestidae indet. (26575)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Montana) Betonnia tsosia (14666 14800 218650 218655)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (New Mexico) Betonnia tsosia (type locality: 14760 14794)