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Peramus dubius

Mammalia - Peramura - Peramuridae

Taxonomy
Leptocladus dubius was named by Owen (1871). Its type specimen is BMNH 47739, a mandible (left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Peramus tenuirostris by Simpson (1928); it was recombined as Peramus dubius by Davis (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Leptocladus dubius Owen p. 53 figs. pl. 3, figs 4, 4a
2012Peramus dubius Davis p. 795 figs. Figures 3C–E, 5–8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
orderPeramura()
familyPeramuridaeKretzoi 1946
genusPeramus
speciesdubius()

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.

†Peramus dubius Owen 1871
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. M. Davis 2012Differs from Peramus tenuirostris in smaller size, relatively more slender dentary, less size difference between p3 and p4, and m2 and m3 subequal in mesiodistal length.
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: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Leptocladus dubius (type locality: 72142)