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Coona pattersoni

Mammalia - Derorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Coona pattersoni was named by Simpson (1948). Its type specimen is AMNH 28907, a mandible (left lower jaw with alveoli of P4-M2, whole crown of M3, and M4 with trigonid broken), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cañadon Hondo, Bird Clay locality, which is in a Casamayoran lacustrine claystone/tuff in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Coona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Coona pattersoni Simpson
1982Coona pattersoni 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
Marsupialia()
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
familyDerorhynchidaePaula Couto 1962
genusCoona
speciespattersoni

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.

Coona pattersoni Simpson 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Casamayoran or 56.00000 to 48.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Coona pattersoni (type locality: 39295)