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Dzavui landeri

Osteichthyes - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Dzavui landeri was named by Jiménez-Hidalgo et al. (2022). Its type specimen is UMPE 945, a mandible (left dentary fragment preserving the alveolus of the p3, and the p4 and m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santiago Yolomécatl, Iniyoo Local Fauna, which is in a Bartonian/Rupelian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/chert in the Yolomécatl Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Dzavui.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Dzavui landeri Jiménez-Hidalgo et al.

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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
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyGalericinaePomel 1848
genusDzavui
specieslanderi

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.

Dzavui landeri Jiménez-Hidalgo et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Jiménez-Hidalgo et al. 2022Large galericid with a reduced p4, a poorly developed paraconid and metaconid on p4; a short trigonid on m1, slightly narrower than the talonid, and a straight paralophid on m1.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Rupelian or 41.03000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Rupelian41.03 - 27.3Mexico (Oaxaca) Dzavui landeri (type locality: 166797)