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Simpsonodon

Osteichthyes - Docodonta - Simpsonodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Simpsonodon Kraus p. 164
1987Simpsonodon Kermack et al.
1997Simpsonodon McKenna and Bell
2004Simpsonodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 197, 199 figs. 5.4B, 5.8B
2005Simpsonodon Pfretzschner et al.
2010Simpsonodon Averianov et al. p. 126
2010Simpsonodon Martin and Averianov p. 856

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
orderDocodontaKretzoi 1946
familySimpsonodontidae
genusSimpsonodon

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.

G. †Simpsonodon Kermack et al. 1987
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Simpsonodon oxfordensis Kermack et al. 1987
Simpsonodon sibiricus Averianov et al. 2010
Simpsonodon splendens Kuhne 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Docodonta indet. (61891)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) S. oxfordensis (39075 224639) S. sp. (57124)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad) S. spp. (46545)