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Bolodon osborni

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Bolodon osborni was named by Simpson (1928). Its type specimen is BMNH 47735a, a maxilla (partial right maxilla), 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
1928Bolodon osborni Simpson
1979Bolodon osborni Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
2004Bolodon osborni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 315

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderPlagiaulacida(Ameghino 1889)
familyPlagiaulacidaeGill 1872
genusBolodon
speciesosborni

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.

†Bolodon osborni Simpson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Bolodon osborni (28401)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Bolodon osborni (type locality: 72142)