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Spalacotheriida (disused)

Mammalia - Symmetrodonta

Taxonomy
Spalacotheriida was named by Prothero (1981).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Spalacotheriida by Averianov and Lopatin (2011).

It was assigned to Spalacotherioidea by Prothero (1981); and to Symmetrodonta by Averianov and Lopatin (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Spalacotheriida Prothero p. 320
2011Spalacotheriida Averianov and Lopatin p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderSymmetrodontaSimpson 1925
Spalacotheriida()
Spalacotheriida()

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.

Unr. †Spalacotheriida Prothero 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available