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Lambdopsalis bulla

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Lambdopsalidae

Taxonomy
Lambdopsalis bulla was named by Chow and Qi (1978). Its type specimen is IVPP V5429, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bayan Ulan site (lower 3 m), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial siltstone in the Nomogen Formation of China. It is the type species of Lambdopsalis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Lambdopsalis bulla Chow and Qi

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyTaeniolabidoidea()
familyLambdopsalidae
genusLambdopsalis
speciesbulla

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.

Lambdopsalis bulla Chow and Qi 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Lambdopsalis bulla (71076)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Lambdopsalis bulla (type locality: 133389)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia (Omngov) Lambdopsalis bulla (133008)