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Dolichostylodon saltensis

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Oldfieldthomasiidae

Taxonomy
Dolichostylodon saltensis was named by García López and Powell (2009). Its type specimen is PVL 6219, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Simbolar (upper Lumbrera), which is in an Eocene lacustrine mudstone/siltstone in the Lumbrera Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Dolichostylodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Dolichostylodon saltensis García López and Powell p. 156

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
familyOldfieldthomasiidaeSimpson 1945
genusDolichostylodon
speciessaltensis

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.

Dolichostylodon saltensis García López and Powell 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Salta) Dolichostylodon saltensis (type locality: 132937)