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Eygalayodon montenati

Osteichthyes - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Eygalayodon montenati was named by Sudre and Marandat (1993). Its type specimen is USTL EYG O6, a mandible (left mandible with m1-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eygalayes, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in France. It is the type species of Eygalayodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Eygalayodon montenati Sudre and Marandat
2007Eygalayodon montenati Theodor et al. p. 48

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyDichobunidaeGill 1872
subfamilyEurodexeinae
genusEygalayodonSudre and Marandat 1993
speciesmontenatiSudre and Marandat 1993

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.

†Eygalayodon montenati Sudre and Marandat 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 06:18:28
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:18:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Blondel 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Drome) Eygalayodon montenati (type locality: 177494)