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Tricuspiodon sobrinus

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Tricuspiodon sobrinus was named by Russell (1980). Its type specimen is BR-2-L, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mont Berru, which is in a Thanetian fluvial conglomerate in the Sables de Bracheux Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tricuspiodon sobrinus Russell

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
subfamilyTricuspiodontinae(Simpson 1929)
genusTricuspiodonLemoine 1885
speciessobrinus

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.

†Tricuspiodon sobrinus Russell 1980
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:57:38
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:57:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Archibald 1998, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Tricuspiodon sobrinus (type locality: 68428 87925 87943)