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Pauladelphys juanjoi

Mammalia - Derorhynchidae

Taxonomy

Pauladelphys juanjoi was named by Goin et al. (1999). Its type specimen is MLP 95-I-10-2, a tooth (isolated lower molar (m?3)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IAA 2/95, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Pauladelphys.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1999	Pauladelphys juanjoi Goin et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
—	Marsupialia	()
—	Ameridelphia	Szalay 1982
family	Derorhynchidae	Paula Couto 1962
genus	Pauladelphys
species	juanjoi

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.

†Pauladelphys juanjoi Goin et al. 1999

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Pauladelphys juanjoi (type locality: 176085)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Antarctica	Pauladelphys juanjoi (100414)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Antarctica	Pauladelphys juanjoi (153447)
Bartonian - Priabonian	41.03 - 33.9	Antarctica	Pauladelphys juanjoi (173115)