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Dyskritodon amazighi

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta

Taxonomy
Dyskritodon amazighi was named by Sigogneau-Russell (1995). Its type specimen is MNHN SA 92, a tooth (lower right molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian deltaic sandstone in the Ksar Metlili Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Dyskritodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Dyskritodon amazighi Sigogneau-Russell p. 154 figs. 1-2, 3M
2002Dyskritodon amazighi Prasad and Manhas p. 446
2004Dyskritodon amazighi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 234-235

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
genusDyskritodon
speciesamazighi

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.

†Dyskritodon amazighi Sigogneau-Russell 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Sigogneau-Russell 1995As for the genus
G. V. R. Prasad and B. K. Manhas 2002Last lower molar with hardly visible cusp e; b very small, cingular, and lingual to a in position.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 145.06000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Oriental) Dyskritodon amazighi (type locality: 45726)