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Tribotherium africanum

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Tribotherium africanum was named by Sigogneau-Russell (1991). Its type specimen is MNHN SA 39, a tooth (right upper molar lacking the antero-labial corner), 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 Tribotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Tribotherium africanum Sigogneau-Russell pp. 1636-1367 fig. 1
1995Tribotherium africanum Sigogneau-Russell p. 292
2004Tribotherium africanum Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 421-422

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
genusTribotherium
speciesafricanum

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.

Tribotherium africanum Sigogneau-Russell 1991
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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: Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Oriental) Tribotherium africanum (type locality: 45726)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Figuig) Tribotherium africanum (204936)