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Amphidolops serrula

Mammalia - Polydolopidae

Taxonomy
Amphidolops serrula was named by Ameghino (1902). Its type specimen is MACN 10357, a tooth (Isolated left M2), 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 is the type species of Amphidolops.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Amphidolops serrula Ameghino p. 42
1904Anadolops thylacoleoides Ameghino p. 109
1948Amphidolops serrula Simpson
1982Amphidolops serrula Marshall

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
familyPolydolopidae
subfamilyPolydolopinaeAmeghino 1897
genusAmphidolops
speciesserrula

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.

†Amphidolops serrula Ameghino 1902
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Invalid names: Anadolops thylacoleoides Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
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: Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Amphidolops serrula (49898 141758 175742) Anadolops thylacoleoides (176285)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Amphidolops serrula (type locality: 13779 49900 176182)