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Simosthenurus euryskaphus

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Simosthenurus euryskaphus was named by Prideaux and Wells (1997). Its type specimen is AM F113131, a mandible (partial left juvenile dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bone Camp Gully, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. brownei, S. browneorum, S. gilli, S. newtonae, S. oreas, Sthenurus oreas

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Simosthenurus euryskaphus Prideaux and Wells p. 70

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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
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilySthenurinaeGlauert 1926
tribeSimosthenurini
genusSimosthenurusTedford 1966
specieseuryskaphusPrideaux and Wells 1997

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.

†Simosthenurus euryskaphus Prideaux and Wells 1997
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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, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Simosthenurus euryskaphus (type locality: 135763)