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Manteodon youngi

Mammalia - Coryphodontidae

Taxonomy
Manteodon youngi was named by Xu (1980). Its type specimen is IVPP V 5149, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhicheng area, Yichang, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Yangxi Formation of China.

It was recombined as Eudinoceras youngi by Mao and Wang (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Manteodon youngi Xu
2012Eudinoceras youngi Mao and Wang

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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
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderPantodonta(Cope 1873)
familyCoryphodontidae
genusManteodon()
speciesyoungi

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.

†Manteodon youngi Xu 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Polymorph: yesg
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparousg
Created: 2005-09-14 13:09:11
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:14:57
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen and Gingerich 1995

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Hubei) Manteodon youngi (type locality: 182905)