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Durotrigia triconidens

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Durotrigia triconidens was named by Hoffstetter (1967). Its type specimen is BMNH R8122, a mandible (partial dentary), 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. It is the type species of Durotrigia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Durotrigia triconidens Hoffstetter p. 362 fig. 8
1983Durotrigia triconidens Estes p. 191 fig. 54b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderLacertilia(Owen 1842)
genusDurotrigia
speciestriconidens

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.

Durotrigia triconidens Hoffstetter 1967
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 157.90000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Basse-Normandie) Durotrigia triconidens (74916)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Durotrigia triconidens (type locality: 72142)