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Guimarotodus inflatus

Mammalia - Dryolestidae

Taxonomy
Guimarotodus inflatus was named by Martin (1999). Its type specimen is Gui mam 121/75, a mandible (right manidble), 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 Guimarotodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Guimarotodus inflatus Martin p. 47 figs. fig. 27 & pl. 9
2004Guimarotodus inflatus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 384

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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
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Dryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
familyDryolestidaeMarsh 1879
genusGuimarotodus
speciesinflatus

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.

Guimarotodus inflatus Martin 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Leiria) Guimarotodus inflatus (type locality: 24563)