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Polydolops crassus

Osteichthyes - Polydolopidae

Taxonomy
Polydolops crassus was named by Ameghino (1902). Its type specimen is MACN 10349, a mandible (fragment of a left mandibular ramus with P3-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Polydolops thomasi crassus by Simpson (1948); it was synonymized subjectively with Polydolops thomasi by Marshall (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Polydolops crassus Ameghino p. 39–40
1948Polydolops thomasi crassus Simpson

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
familyPolydolopidae
genusPolydolops
speciescrassus

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.

Polydolops crassus Ameghino 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Polydolops crassus (type locality: 13779)