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Plesiodimylus

Osteichthyes - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Plesiodimylus was named by Gaillard (1897). It is not extant. Its type is Plesiodimylus chantrei.

It was assigned to Plesiodimylinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Dimylidae by Carroll (1988), Rzebik-Kowalska (1996).

Species
P. bavaricus, P. chantrei (type species), P. crassidens, P. helveticus, P. huerzeleri
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. johanni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Plesiodimylus Gaillard
1967Plesiodimylus Van Valen
1988Plesiodimylus Carroll
1996Plesiodimylus Rzebik-Kowalska

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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
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
familyDimylidaeSchlosser 1887
genusPlesiodimylusGaillard 1897

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. †Plesiodimylus Gaillard 1897
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†Plesiodimylus bavaricus Schötz 1985
†Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899
†Plesiodimylus crassidens Engesser 1980
†Plesiodimylus helveticus Bollinger 1992
†Plesiodimylus huerzeleri Müller 1967
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the MN 11 or 20.00000 to 7.90000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France P. chantrei (200296)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Greece P. chantrei, P. huerzeleri (68032)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) P. sp. (199780 199781 199782)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) P. sp. (46215 46283)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Greece (Thrace) P. crassidens (69435)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Poland P. chantrei (31041)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) P. helveticus (46284)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) P. sp. (180192)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) P. chantrei (45604) P. sp. (45612)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany P. chantrei (46955)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) P. bavaricus (70009)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) P. helveticus (46285)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) P. sp. (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Zürich) P. bavaricus (46286)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) P. chantrei (32191)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) P. sp. (46237 46244 46287)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) P. chantrei (69711)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Slovakia (Bratislava) P. chantrei (58983)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) P. sp. (46253)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) P. sp. (46274)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) P. chantrei (67161 67163 67164 67165 67166) P. sp. (67162)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) P. chantrei (53571) P. sp. (46277)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) P. chantrei (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Türkiye (Mugla) P. crassidens (68568)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) P. sp. (46288)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Catalonia) P. chantrei (193490)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) P. johanni (206345)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) P. chantrei (75481)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Poland P. sp., P. chantrei (31039)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria (Niederösterreich) P. chantrei (66943)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria P. chantrei (66942)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria P. chantrei (66945 66946)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) P. chantrei (32649)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) P. chantrei (69802)