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Pilkipildra taylori

Mammalia - Pilkipildridae

Taxonomy
Pilkipildra taylori was named by Archer et al. (1987). Its type specimen is SAM P27910, a tooth (lower left M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tedford Locality, Lake Palankarinna, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine horizon in the Etadunna Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Pilkipildra taylori Archer et al. p. 621

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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
infraclassMarsupialia()
superorderDiprotodonta(Owen 1866)
superfamilyPetauroideaGill 1872
familyPilkipildridae
genusPilkipildra
speciestaylori

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.

Pilkipildra taylori Archer et al. 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Pilkipildra taylori (182109)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Pilkipildra taylori (type locality: 28194)