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Mouillacitherium schlosseri

Osteichthyes - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Mouillacitherium schlosseri was named by Sudre (1978). Its type specimen is BSP 1879 XV-138, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sainte Néboule, which is in a Priabonian karst claystone/phosphorite in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Mouillacitherium schlosseri Sudre

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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
subfamilyHyperdichobuninae(Gentry and Hooker 1988)
genusMouillacitheriumFilhol 1882
speciesschlosseri

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.

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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Mouillacitherium schlosseri (type locality: 12842)