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Palaeoryctes minimus

Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoryctes minimus was named by Gheerbrant (1992). Its type specimen is THR 159, a tooth (Left m1 or 2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adrar Mgorn 1, which is in a Thanetian peritidal limestone in the Jbel Guersif Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Palaeoryctes minimus Gheerbrant p. 81

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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
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
orderProteutheria
familyPalaeoryctidaeWinge 1917
genusPalaeoryctesMatthew 1913
speciesminimus

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.

†Palaeoryctes minimus Gheerbrant 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitef
Ontogeny: modification of partsf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 10:27:49
Modified: 2005-09-10 12:27:49
Source: f = family, subc = subclass
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Fox 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) Palaeoryctes minimus (type locality: 88301)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco Palaeoryctes minimus (133216)