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Thylatheridium

Osteichthyes - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Thylatheridium was named by Reig (1952). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988); and to Monodelphini by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Thylatheridium Reig
1988Thylatheridium Carroll
1997Thylatheridium McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyMarmosinaeReig et al. 1987
tribeMonodelphiniHershkovitz 1992
genusThylatheridiumReig 1952

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. †Thylatheridium Reig 1952
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†Thylatheridium hudsoni Goin and Montalvo 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
mandible at m3 height26.086.066.106.080.028

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 315.922 gs
Minimum body mass: 270.216 gs
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoresubf
Diet 2: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:48:59
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:48:59
Source: s = species, subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Dozo 1989, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Goin 1997

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 7.24600 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) T. dolgopolae (151500) T. dolgopolae, T. hudsoni (87198 151498 151499) T. hudsoni (140925) T. sp. (204598) T. sp., T. dolgopolae, T. hudsoni (152061)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) T. dolgopolae (140932)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. pascuali (152081 198863)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. cristatum (199155)