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Kogaionon radulescui

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Kogaionidae

Taxonomy
Kogaionon radulescui was named by Smith et al. (2022). Its type specimen is PSMUBB V-893, a partial skull (partial cranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nălaţ-Vad, which is in a Maastrichtian wet floodplain mudstone/limestone in the Râul Mare Formation of Romania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Kogaionon radulescui Smith et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyKogaionidaeRâdulescu and Samson 1996
genusKogaiononRâdulescu and Samson 1996
speciesradulescui

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.

Kogaionon radulescui Smith et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Smith et al. 2022Small-sized Kogaionon species about 35% smaller than K. ungureanui, 20% smaller than Barbatodon transylvanicus (= Litovoi tholocephalos), and 25% larger than B. oardaensis; further differs from K. ungureanui and B. transylvanicus by smaller ratio of P1-4/M1-2, and pro- portionally smaller P3; differs from B. transylvanicus in its longer lingual row of M1 and shorter p4; differs from B. oardaensis by the presence of only two cusps in the labial row of P3.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Kogaionon radulescui (type locality: 26369)