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Prosarcodon maturus

Mammalia - Sarcodontidae

Taxonomy
Prosarcodon maturus was named by Lopatin and Kondrashov (2004). Its type specimen is PIN 3104/778, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tsagan Khushu Quarry 1 [SMPE], which is in a Bumbanian terrestrial gravel in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Prosarcodon maturus Lopatin and Kondrashov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familySarcodontidae()
genusProsarcodon
speciesmaturusLopatin and Kondrashov 2004

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.

†Prosarcodon maturus Lopatin and Kondrashov 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Bumbanian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bumbanian56.0 - 48.07Mongolia (Southern Mongolia) Prosarcodon maturus (type locality: 37206)