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Aceroryctes dulcis

Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Taxonomy
Aceroryctes dulcis was named by Rankin and Holroyd (2014) [ZOOBANK LSID: 7F38F107-9C90-49D9-8A18-0502EBF55DDA]. Its type specimen is UCMP 131849, a maxilla (incomplete left maxilla with P2-4, M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meniscotherium Zonule, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Aceroryctes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Aceroryctes dulcis Rankin and Holroyd

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
orderProteutheria
familyPalaeoryctidaeWinge 1917
genusAceroryctes
speciesdulcis

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.

†Aceroryctes dulcis Rankin and Holroyd 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitef
Ontogeny: modification of partsf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 10:27:49
Modified: 2005-09-10 12:27:49
Source: f = family, subc = subclass
References: Ji et al. 2002, Fox 2004, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Aceroryctes dulcis (type locality: 15673 118482)