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Wutucoryphodon dabuensis

Mammalia - Coryphodontidae

Taxonomy
Coryphodon dabuensis was named by Zhai (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dabu, Shisanjianfang, Turpan basin, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Dabu Formation of China.

It was recombined as Wutucoryphodon dabuensis by Tong and Wang (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Coryphodon dabuensis Zhai
2006Wutucoryphodon dabuensis Tong and Wang

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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()
suborderPantodonta(Cope 1873)
familyCoryphodontidae
genusWutucoryphodon
speciesdabuensis()

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Zhai 1978The protocone of the third upper molar is not completely connected to the protoloph; the outer border of the metaloph is anterior inclined antero-lingual and rectangularly connected to the protoloph. The diastema after the lower canine is small, no diastema after the first lower premolar. The proto- and metaloph of the lower molars are V-shapedly connected. The hind metastylid of the second and third lower molars are relicts. Talonid of the third lower molar is long, with three distinctive cusps. The entoconid is conical, close to the hypoconulid; both cusps are high and in some distance to the hypoconid.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-08-24 13:29:27
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:49:46
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0China (Xinjiang) Coryphodon dabuensis (type locality: 36659)