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Dorsetodon haysomi

Mammalia - Paurodontidae

Taxonomy
Dorsetodon haysomi was named by Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell (1998). Its type specimen is DORCM GS 433, a tooth (right lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sunnydown Farm Quarry (clay: upper horizon; equivalent to DB 102/103 ), which is in a Berriasian/Berriasian lacustrine - small limestone/claystone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Dorsetodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Dorsetodon haysomi Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell pp. 37-41 figs. 1-6
2004Dorsetodon haysomi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 390

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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
—Cladotheria
—Dryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
familyPaurodontidae
genusDorsetodon
specieshaysomi

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.

†Dorsetodon haysomi Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 1998
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Dorsetodon haysomi (type locality: 28401)