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Kuehneodon dietrichi

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Paulchoffatiidae

Taxonomy
Kuehneodon dietrichi was named by Hahn (1969). Its type specimen is V.J. 4-155, a mandible (right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal. It is the type species of Kuehneodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Kuehneodon dietrichi Hahn
1979Kuehneodon dietrichi Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
1993Kuehneodon dietrichi Hahn pp. 207-208
2004Kuehneodon dietrichi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 310

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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
familyPaulchoffatiidaeHahn 1969
subfamilyKuehneodontinae
genusKuehneodonHahn 1969
speciesdietrichiHahn 1969

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.

†Kuehneodon dietrichi Hahn 1969
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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: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Kuehneodon dietrichi (type locality: 24563)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Kuehneodon dietrichi (49266)