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Acdestodon

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Taxonomy

Species
A. bonapartei (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Acdestodon Bown and Fleagle

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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
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyPalaeothentoidea
familyPalaeothentidaeSinclair 1906
subfamilyAcdestinae
genusAcdestodon

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. †Acdestodon Bown and Fleagle 1993
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Acdestodon bonapartei Bown and Fleagle 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Deseadan or 29.00000 to 21.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) A. bonapartei (14211)