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Ernanodon antelios

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Ernanodon antelios was named by Ding (1979). Its type specimen is IVPP V5596, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hwashushia,Youshan Commune, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Nongshan Formation of China. It is the type species of Ernanodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Ernanodon antelios Ding

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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
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—PholidotamorphaGaudin et al. 2009
suborderPalaeanodontaMatthew 1918
genusErnanodon
speciesantelios

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.

†Ernanodon antelios Ding 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Gashatan or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.66 - 59.24China (Guangdong) Ernanodon antelios (type locality: 132935 176606)
Gashatan59.24 - 56.0Mongolia Ernanodon antelios (132936)