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Mingotherium

Osteichthyes - Mingotheriidae

Taxonomy
Mingotherium was named by Schoch (1985). It is not extant. Its type is Mingotherium holtae.

It was assigned to Mingotheriidae by Schoch (1985); and to Pseudictopidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
M. holtae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Mingotherium Schoch p. 5
1997Mingotherium 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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
familyMingotheriidae
genusMingotherium

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. †Mingotherium Schoch 1985
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Mingotherium holtae Schoch 1985
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Clarkforkian or 57.50000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) M. holtae (151352)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) M. holtae (15074)