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Triconodon mordax

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Taxonomy
Triconodon mordax was named by Owen (1859). Its type specimen is BMNH 47764, a mandible (left mandible), 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. It is the type species of Triconodon.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Triconodon mordax Owen p. 161 fig. 86
1871Triconodon minor Owen figs. pl. 4, fig. 6
1871Triacanthodon serrula Owen p. 72 figs. Pl. 4, figs 7-8
1902Triconodon mordax Hay p. 567
1928Triconodon mordax Simpson p. 77 figs. Pl. 4, figs 2-5; pl. 5, figs 1-5; text-figs 24-26, 30c
1930Triconodon mordax Hay p. 369
1979Triconodon mordax Jenkins and Crompton p. 75
2004Triconodon mordax Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyTriconodontidaeMarsh 1887
genusTriconodon
speciesmordax

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.

†Triconodon mordax Owen 1859
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Invalid names: Triacanthodon serrula Owen 1871 [synonym], Triconodon minor Owen 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 141.00000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Triconodon mordax, Triacanthodon serrula, Triconodon minor (type locality: 72142)