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Meniscodon europaeum

Mammalia - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Phenacodus europaeus was named by Rutimeyer (1888). Its type specimen is Eg.514, a tooth (Upper right M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Egerkingen, Huppersand fissure, which is in a Bartonian fissure fill horizon in Switzerland.

It was recombined as Meniscodon europaeum by Costeur and Schneider (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Phenacodus europaeus Rutimeyer
2007Phenacodus europaeus Theodor et al. p. 46
2011Meniscodon europaeum Costeur and Schneider

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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()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyDichobunidaeGill 1872
subfamilyDichobuninaeTurner 1849
genusMeniscodonRütimeyer 1888
specieseuropaeum(Rutimeyer 1888)

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.

†Meniscodon europaeum Rutimeyer 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Blondel 1996

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Alsace Region) Meniscodon europaeum (31609)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Meniscodon europaeum (31723)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Meniscodon europaeum (31720) Phenacodus europaeus (31718)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Rhone-Alpes Region) Meniscodon europaeum (31741)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) Meniscodon europaeum (31584)