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Borhyaenidium riggsi

Osteichthyes - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Borhyaenidium riggsi was named by Marshall (1981). Its type specimen is FMNH P14409, a partial skull (two fragments of left maxillary, one with C and anterior root of P1, other with M1-3; left mandibular ramus with root of C, roots of p1-3, m1 almost complete, m), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puerta de Corral Quemado, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial horizon in the Corral Quemado Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Borhyaenidium riggsi Marshall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
orderSparassodonta()
subfamilyHathlyacininae()
genusBorhyaenidiumPascual and Bocchino 1963
speciesriggsi

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.

Borhyaenidium riggsi Marshall 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:51:13
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:51:13
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Goin 1997, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: Montehermosan or 5.00000 to 3.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) Borhyaenidium riggsi (type locality: 176757)