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Oxybunotherium praecursor

Osteichthyes - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Taxonomy
Oxybunotherium praecursor was named by Pascual (1965). Its type specimen is M.L.P. 59.II.28.107, a mandible (right mandible fragment with m3 (complete) and m2 (incomplete)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tobas con mamíferos (Laguna de La Bombilla), which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial tuff in Argentina. It is the type species of Oxybunotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Oxybunotherium praecursor Pascual

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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
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
familyDidolodontidae
genusOxybunotherium
speciespraecursor

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.

Oxybunotherium praecursor Pascual 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Casamayoran or 56.00000 to 48.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Oxybunotherium praecursor (type locality: 141758)