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Guggenheimia crocheti

Mammalia - Protodidelphidae

Taxonomy
Guggenheimia crocheti was named by Oliveira and Goin (2011). Its type specimen is DGM 314-M, a mandible (Incomplete left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Guggenheimia crocheti Oliveira and Goin

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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()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
familyProtodidelphidaeMarshall 1987
genusGuggenheimia
speciescrocheti

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.

†Guggenheimia crocheti Oliveira and Goin 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Chubut) Guggenheimia crocheti (133040)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Guggenheimia crocheti (type locality: 118314)