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Meiconodon lii

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Taxonomy
Meiconodon lii was named by Kusuhashi et al. (2009). Its type specimen is IVPP V14515, a mandible (Fragment of left lower jaw with three molariforms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fuxin city area, which is in an Aptian/Albian alluvial fan coal in the Fuxin Formation of China. It is the type species of Meiconodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Meiconodon lii Kusuhashi et al. p. 768

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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
subfamilyAlticonodontinaeFox 1976
genusMeiconodon
specieslii

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.

†Meiconodon lii Kusuhashi et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. Kusuhashi et al. 2009Lingual and labial cingula on m4 are absent to developed but blunt; cusp d is well developed on m4. Differs from M. setoguchii in its smaller size and in having a more developed molariform cusp d, the absence of sharp labial and lingual
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 Aptian to the top of the Albian or 125.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Meiconodon lii (36971 type locality: 123517)