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Thylacaelurus

Mammalia - Plagiomenidae

Taxonomy
Thylacaelurus was named by Russell (1954). It is not extant. Its type is Thylacaelurus montanus.

It was assigned to Thylacaelurinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Dermoptera by Russell (1954), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
T. campester, T. montanus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Thylacaelurus Russell
1967Thylacaelurus Van Valen
1997Thylacaelurus McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
Sundatheria
familyPlagiomenidaeMatthew 1918
subfamilyThylacaelurinae
genusThylacaelurus

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. †Thylacaelurus Russell 1954
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Thylacaelurus campester Storer 1984
Thylacaelurus montanus Russell 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ti1 to the top of the Chadronian or 60.90000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) T. sp. (14939)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) T. campester (16626)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) T. montanus (16514 16515 16516)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) T. campester (16845) T. sp. (16846)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) T. montanus (16984)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) T. montanus (17014)