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Aploconodon comoensis

Mammalia - Amphilestidae

Taxonomy
Aploconodon comoensis was named by Simpson (1925). Its type specimen is USNM 2791, a mandible (right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Aploconodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Aploconodon comoensis Simpson
1929Aploconodon comoensis Simpson p. 30
1930Aploconodon comoensis Hay p. 370
1979Aploconodon comoensis Jenkins and Crompton p. 75
2004Aploconodon comoensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 237-238

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
familyAmphilestidae(Osborn 1888)
genusAploconodon
speciescomoensis

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.

†Aploconodon comoensis Simpson 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Created: 2005-09-07 14:50:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 16:50:51
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Aploconodon comoensis (type locality: 12816)