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Apterodon langebadreae

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Apterodon langebadreae was named by Grohé et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NHMUK M 85297-85334, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dur At-Talah (west of the escarpment) - 68.19, which is in a Bartonian/Eocene marginal marine conglomerate in Libya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Apterodon langebadreae Grohé et al.

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyainailouroidea
—HyainailouridaeSolé et al. 2015
—Apterodontinae
genusApterodonFischer 1880
specieslangebadreae

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.

†Apterodon langebadreae Grohé et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya Apterodon langebadreae (type locality: 174667 174668 174669 174670)