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Catopsbaatar catopsaloides

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Djadochtatheriidae

Taxonomy
Djadochtatherium catopsaloides was named by Kielan-Jaworowska (1974). Its type specimen is ZPAL MgM-I/78, a skull (complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khermeen Tsav I, Red Beds [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Catopsalis catopsaloides by Kielan-Jaworowska (1974), Kielan-Jaworowska and Sloan (1979), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979); it was recombined as Catopsbaatar catopsaloides by Kielan-Jaworowska (1994), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2002), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Catopsalis catopsaloides Kielan-Jaworowska
1974Djadochtatherium catopsaloides Kielan-Jaworowska pp. 39-40
1979Catopsalis catopsaloides Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
1979Catopsalis catopsaloides Kielan-Jaworowska and Sloan pp. 188-189
1994Catopsbaatar catopsaloides Kielan-Jaworowska p. 134
2002Catopsbaatar catopsaloides Kielan-Jaworowska et al.
2004Catopsbaatar catopsaloides Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 324

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyDjadochtatherioidea
familyDjadochtatheriidae
genusCatopsbaatar
speciescatopsaloides()

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.

†Catopsbaatar catopsaloides Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Created: 2005-09-06 18:33:29
Modified: 2005-09-06 20:33:29
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Djadochtatherium catopsaloides (13776 28243) Djadochtatherium catopsaloides, Catopsbaatar catopsaloides (type locality: 13777)