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Dissopsalis pyroclasticus

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Dissopsalis pyroclasticus was named by Savage (1965). Its type specimen is BMNH M. 19082, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Dissopsalis pyroclasticus Savage p. 265 figs. PI. 3; Text-figs. 25-27
1996Dissopsalis pyroclasticus Polly

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyainailouroidea
—Teratodontinae()
genusDissopsalisPilgrim 1910
speciespyroclasticus

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Dissopsalis pyroclasticus (22070)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) Dissopsalis pyroclasticus (21340)