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Kuehneotherium praecursoris

Osteichthyes - Kuehneotheriidae

Taxonomy
Kuehneotherium praecursoris was named by Kermack et al. (1968). Its type specimen is NHMUK (formerly BMNH) M.19165, a tooth (left upper molar crown), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pontalun Quarry (St. Bride's Island), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fissure fill limestone/marl in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Kuehneotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Kuehneotherium praecursoris Kermack et al. pp. 408-410 figs. 1-11
1979Kuehneotherium praecursoris Cassiliano and Clemens p. 151
2004Kuehneotherium praecursoris Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 361-362

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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
familyKuehneotheriidaeKermack et al. 1968
genusKuehneotherium
speciespraecursoris

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.

Kuehneotherium praecursoris Kermack et al. 1968
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. M. Kermack et al. 1968As for the genus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Sinemurian or 205.70000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Lorraine) Kuehneotherium praecursoris (36106)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) Kuehneotherium praecursoris (type locality: 46118) Kuehneotherium sp. (46137)