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Didelphodon coyi

Osteichthyes - Stagodontidae

Taxonomy
Didelphodon coyi was named by Fox and Naylor (1986). Its type specimen is TMP 84.64.1, a mandible (incomplete right dentary containing p3, m3-4), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Michichi Creek, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Didelphodon coyi Fox and Naylor
2004Didelphodon coyi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 459
2006Didelphodon coyi Fox and Naylor p. 20

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
familyStagodontidaeMarsh 1889
genusDidelphodon
speciescoyi

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.

Didelphodon coyi Fox and Naylor 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticg
Diet: durophageg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:57:38
Modified: 2011-04-27 19:55:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Fox and Naylor 1995

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Didelphodon coyi (type locality: 14500 14501)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Didelphodon coyi (73461)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Didelphodon coyi (14630)