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Thylacodon montanensis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Thylacodon montanensis was named by Williamson et al. (2012). Its type specimen is UCMP 117770, a tooth (Left M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Worm Coulee 1, which is in a Puercan coarse channel fill sandstone in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Thylacodon montanensis Williamson et al. p. 640

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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()
Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusThylacodon
speciesmontanensis

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.

Thylacodon montanensis Williamson et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 21:40:09
Modified: 2011-04-28 06:40:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Sánchez-Villagra et al. 2007, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pu166.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Thylacodon montanensis (14762)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Thylacodon montanensis (176863)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Peradectes pusillus (type locality: 14798 14801) Thylacodon montanensis (14743 231045 231047)