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Morganucodon watsoni

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Taxonomy
Morganucodon watsoni was named by Kuehne (1949). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Duchy Quarry (St. Bride's Island), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fissure fill limestone/marl in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Eozostrodon watsoni by Jenkins and Crompton (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Morganucodon watsoni Kuehne p. 347 fig. 1
1949Morganucodon watsoni Kühne
1979Eozostrodon watsoni Jenkins and Crompton p. 75
2004Morganucodon watsoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 174-176
2016Morganucodon watsoni Butler and Sigogneau-Russel p. 38

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
orderMorganucodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyMorganucodontidae
genusMorganucodon
specieswatsoni

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.

†Morganucodon watsoni Kuehne 1949
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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: insectivoreg
Created: 2011-04-22 22:32:36
Modified: 2011-04-22 07:32:36
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Luo et al. 2001, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) Morganucodon sp. (46140)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) Morganucodon sp. (46118 46150) Morganucodon watsoni (type locality: 45919 46137)